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LudwigPastorius

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1. George Bush's ambassador, April Glaspie, to Saddam Hussein in 1990:

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:35 AM

Jan 9

"...we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait."

Trump to Xi Jinping in 2026: " (Taiwan)...that's up to him what he's going to be doing"

Yeah, that's a green light to invade.

Maybe Trump figures that if Xi takes Taiwan, it gives him cover to take Greenland and/or part of Canada.

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