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historian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 05:00 AM
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Help me unglue a freeper
does anyone have a link or site dealilng with the summons of the american ambassatrix to Hussein's palace andwas asked what the position of the USA kiwaiti - none said the embarassador, thereby giving him the green light to attack
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 05:01 AM
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1. April Glaspie was her name..
Google her name + Hussein and you should find many articles. One of them is bound to be what you are looking for :)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 05:09 AM
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3. Glaspie met earlier with Saddam...
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 05:09 AM by JCMach1
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/april.html

Wilson was the Ambassador... HE actually had hints that Saddam would back down, but the plug was pulled on him.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 05:04 AM
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2. the would be Joseph Wilson, YES that Joseph Wilson
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 05:07 AM by JCMach1
the whistleblower in the Valerie Plame case...

He was the ambassador at the time

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Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in Strategic Management and International Business Development.

Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clinton's historic trip to Africa in March 1998.

Ambassador Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghdad, Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. During "Desert Shield" he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of "Desert Storm."

Ambassador Wilson was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service from 1976 until 1998. His early assignments included Niamey, Niger, 1976-1978; Lome, Togo, 1978-79; the State Department Bureau of African Affairs, 1979-1981; and Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1982.

In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission in Bujumbura, Burundi. In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, Congo, 1986-88, prior to his assignment to Baghdad.

Ambassador Wilson was raised in California and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1972. He is a graduate of the Senior Seminar (1992), the most advanced International Affairs training offered by the U.S. Government. He speaks fluent French.

Ambassador Wilson holds the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, the University of California, Santa Barbara Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the American Foreign Service Association William R. Rivkin Award. Additionally, he has been decorated as a Commander in the Order of the Equatorial Star by the Government of Gabon and as an Admiral in the El Paso Navy by the El Paso County Commissioners.

The "Global Forces in the Post-Cold War World" Lecture Series is cosponsored by UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Global and International Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and Office of Research. This event is also cosponsored by UCSB Affiliates, Alumni Association, Office of Community Relations, Office of the Chancellor. It is put on in partnership with the Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, PAX 2100, International Studies Association at Santa Barbara City College, and the International Studies Program at Ventura College.

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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 05:23 AM
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4. a real freeper will not blink at facts
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 05:25 AM by 0rganism
It won't matter one bit to a freeper whether Glaspie told Saddam the U.S. didn't have a position on the Iraqi invasion, any more than it matters that bush administration heavies told the FBI to back off the Saudis in 2001.

These are basic freeper premises:

1) Liberal politics and internationalism are sources of great evil.

2) Bush jr. is doing a great job fixing Clinton's mess.

All potential conclusions regarding national security follow from, or at least must be consistent with, these two central ideas.

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