As soon as GHWB dies, the WORST thing will be all of the nice eulogies about him

[MrScorpio]

142. Yep, when you go down to the April Glaspie part, that's when it gets REALLY interesting

By the way, that slant drilling equipment that the Kuwaitis used came from Halliburton.

How's that for your post-war BFEE-Secret Government conspiracies?


Edit: You won't read this on Wiki, but GHWB goaded Saddam into staying in Kuwait so he could have his war. This was after Margaret Thatcher chided Bush into going to war after he showed no interest in having one in the first place. After Bush decided that the invasion was a great opportunity to make his bones, give the US increased leverage over the Saudis and Kuwaitis and help the US establish a major presence in the ME that we've never had before, the Gulf War was going to be an inevitability, as Bush saw to it.

Also, look up "the Highway of Death" sometime. That should chill your blood.