The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 363
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order form view, Jommg mounds of others that do not disturb the tranquillity of the civilised. Much weaker enemies pose only one threat to the U. S: the threat of independence, always intolerable. The U. S. will support the most murderous tyrant as long as he plays along, and will labour to overthrow Third World democrats if they depart from their service function. The documentary and historical records are clear on this score. In the Middle East, Bush supported Israel's harsh occupations, its savage invasion of Lebanon and its refusal to honour Security Council Resolution. " The Washington Post: USA The Silence of the Diplomat: "We have an ambassador who, on the instruction of the State Department, virtually gave a green light to Saddam Hussein, as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) described it to National Public Radio. Since August, she has been working quietly in the State Department. Despite repeated request by congress and the press, she has not spoken on the record about her critical meeting with Saddam one week before the invasion. For months the State Department prevented her from speaking: now, according to Deputy Spokesman Richard Boucher, it is up to Glaspie. But Glaspie's critics say the overall tone of her response was too soft- instead of holding Saddam in check, she cleared the way for his advance into Kuwait. One statement was singled out as sending an especially misleading signal to the Iraqi leader. "We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. " The Toronto Star: January 27, 1991 B7 "The War against Iraq is insane and uajust" If this war holds, as U. S. Presi dent George Bush believes, •the promise of a new world order," then God help us all. Some order. Some world. Some morality! 363