Incorrect. That was Saddam's own misinterpretation - perhaps willful - of statements made by April Glasby, not Bush.
Oh, I think we can infer that it was willful.
But this is pitiful. You blame Glaspie (I think her name is), not Bush. Who did she work for? Isn't the president ultimately responsible? Did President Lincoln know the names of CSA prisoners executed in retaliation for CSA bushwhacking? Was he responsible for that?
Walt
No Walt. I blame Hussein. Unlike you, who has to find a reason to blame America first, I have no problem pointing out that there are bad guys around the world who do bad things and that he is one of them. He misread her statements, and IMHO intentionally.
Who did she work for?
She was the US ambassador, Walt, and when Saddam's people came to her to ask her about an oil dispute between Iraq and Kuwait, she articulated the position that the issue was a regional one between those two countries that they needed to resolve. Saddam took resolution to mean "we conquer them and the issue is settled."