| − | 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." Saddam Hussein apparently construed these comments as a green light for him to invade Kuwait, which he did soon thereafter. [[George H.W. Bush]] subsequently pursued war on false pretenses, accusing Saddam of undermining the global order when his true motivations was protecting the petrodollar in preparation for his envisioned "New World Order." |
| − | Saddam Hussein apparently construed these comments as a green light for him to invade Kuwait, which he did soon thereafter. The Deep State never timely corrected her reported comments. After winning the war, [[George H.W. Bush]] declared new world worder. | + | With the above in mind, one cannot help but wonder whether Glaspie's baiting of Saddam was not accidental, but rather an intentional act done as a favor to [[Saudi Arabia]], the benefactor of the petrodollar and by extension the "New World Order." |