It is the work of David Fingrut. By March 5, , it had disappeared, and I've been unable to find it anywhere else. Fortunately, I had saved it on my hard drive in case of just such an eventuality.
I claim no credit for it. If David Fingrut should like to contact me, I will be glad to take it down, as it is his property. But I did not want such an important resource to be lost -- Grover Furr, March 5, ]. Footnotes Bibliography References Comments.
We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally capturing their markets, to civilize savage and senile and paranoidal peoples while blundering accidentally into their oil wells or metal mines. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait. We know you need funds.
We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. Normally that would be none of our business, but when this happens in the context of your other threats against Kuwait, then it would be reasonable for us to be concerned. For this reason, I have received an instruction to ask you, in the spirit of friendship - not confrontation - regarding your intentions: Why are your troops massed so very close to Kuwait's borders?
There is to be a meeting in two days; I am prepared to give negotiations only this one more brief chance. But if we are unable to find a solution, then it will be natural that Iraq will not accept death. But, if we are forced to choose between keeping half of the Shatt and the whole of Iraq which, in Saddam's view, includes Kuwait then we will give up all of the Shatt to defend our claims on Kuwait to keep the whole of Iraq in the shape we wish it to be.
