Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Tarek Aziz (sp?) asked Bush if it was ok to invade >Kuwait, and Bush said go ahead. Or so it seemed. > >Reagan also betrayed Galtieri, when he asked if it >was ok to invade the Falklands/Malvinas. > I'm always fascinated by these kinds of approaches to the US. Indonesia did the same thing when they wanted to invade Irian Jaya, and was told to go ahead, so long as US mines in Irian Jaya were not nationalised.
Why would the US government ever say "yes" to this sort of thing. I can just imagine the Australian govt asking permission to invade New Zealand and the US saying OK. (How else are we going to send all the Kiwis home, they won't leave by themselves!) Cheers Russell C. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
