But then it seems your knowledge of the threat to the neighbors of Iraq during the 90's is typical of head-in-the-sand Liberals like you two.
Just one of many.
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Saudi Leaders Feared They Were Next Target : Invasion: Ambassador to U.S. describes his nation's 'window of vulnerability.'
August 12, 1990|DOUGLAS FRANTZ | TIMES STAFF WRITER
WASHINGTON — For four days after Iraq overran tiny Kuwait, the leaders of neighboring Saudi Arabia lived in fear that their oil-rich kingdom was next on Saddam Hussein's hit list and that little could be done to stop him, the Saudi ambassador to the United States said Saturday.
"Four hours after that invasion, we were saying, 'How long will it take them before they go into Saudi Arabia?' " said the ambassador, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan.
In a 90-minute meeting with a small group of reporters at his palatial home outside Washington, Bandar provided the first detailed account of what happened inside Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia has been sealed off to journalists since the invasion, and there has been a news blackout within the country.
Bandar, who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, described what he called a "window of vulnerability" to invasion and used a map to illustrate how Saudi political and military leaders monitored Iraq's tank-led forces as they rolled swiftly through Kuwait and then massed on the border with their nation.
He said the window has started to close since the arrival of U.S. troops and air support, along with forces from other countries, in recent days. But he would not say when he thinks there will be enough military force inside his country's borders to rule out an Iraqi attack.
"The threat of a bold move is there," said Bandar, a former fighter pilot and the son of Prince Sultan ibn Abdulaziz, the Saudi defense minister.
Confirming earlier reports from U.S. intelligence sources, Bandar said U.S. officials warned the Kuwaitis a week before the Aug. 2 attack that Iraqi forces were preparing for an invasion.
"The Kuwaitis said, 'No they won't. How can our Arab brothers do this?' " said the ambassador
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