April Glaspie

“We foolishly did not realize he was stupid.”

“We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait.”

“I have a direct instruction from the President to seek better relations with Iraq.”

“I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take all of Kuwait.”

“The President's instructions were that we should increase our friendship and seek a better relationship with Iraq.”

“Obviously, I didn't realize that he was going to invade Kuwait two days later.”