On July 25, 1990, the [[Deep State]] U.S. ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, declared during discussions with Iraqi officials and amid a massive troop buildup by it on the [[Kuwait]] border that the U.S. is "inspired by the friendship and not by confrontation, does not have an opinion" on the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. "We [the U.S.] have no opinion on the Arab–Arab conflicts," she reportedly declared to [[Saddam Hussein]]. She reportedly also told him that the U.S. did not intend "to start an economic war against Iraq." | On July 25, 1990, the [[Deep State]] U.S. ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, declared during discussions with Iraqi officials and amid a massive troop buildup by it on the [[Kuwait]] border that the U.S. is "inspired by the friendship and not by confrontation, does not have an opinion" on the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. "We [the U.S.] have no opinion on the Arab–Arab conflicts," she reportedly declared to [[Saddam Hussein]]. She reportedly also told him that the U.S. did not intend "to start an economic war against Iraq." |