[about Saddam asking USA "permission" to retake the 19th province]:
Dan Minettte wrote: > > Now, it might be that Hussein took this as a green light...misinterpreting > diplomatic speak. Heck, it might have been translated for him in a > way that would change the meaning. But, this is clearly not a green > light. It is a yellow light, that's about to change to red. > It seems that USA diplomacy is quite bad at clearly expressing its opinion. IIRC, the same happened when the Argentine Military Junta decided to liberate the Malvinas Islands from British oppressive occupation :-) Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
