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the us shale oil boom has made a middle east war less likely

Recall that when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded neighboring Kuwait in August 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush led a coalition of countries against Iraq — though it was mostly a U.S. effort. ..

the us as rogue nation number 1

This true from Harry Truman (the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs) to Dwight Eisenhower (POW death camps in Europe, the saturation bombing of all of North Korea and approval of a US-backed invasion of Cuba), to John Kennedy (the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and other CIA sabotage of that nation), to Lyndon..

poppy lit the fire: bush and iraq

Those officials included George H.W. himself. He’d been muddling along for years trying to deal with Saddam, at first seeing him as America’s ally in the war against Iran and a market for American goods; at other times as a corrupt, untrustworthy and incredibly brutal megalomaniac. .....

george h.w. bush : the disastrous legacy of

Those officials included George H.W. himself. He’d been muddling along for years trying to deal with Saddam, at first seeing him as America’s ally in the war against Iran and a market for American goods; at other times as a corrupt, untrustworthy and incredibly brutal megalomaniac. .....

felicia gustin

Oh, the tragic irony – the George H.W. Bush warship moves into the Persian Gulf, poised to take military action as the situation in Iraq deteriorates. . ..

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