Edward Said, an American and an Arab, writes on the eve of the Iraqi-Soviet peace talks
Edward Said, 7 March 1991
“... an F15 or a smart missile. Note also that with the sudden disappearance of April Glaspie and John Kelly, the present war-making Administration has been run without a single professional who has any real knowledge or experience of the Middle East, its languages or its peoples. Such as it was, Iraq’s case against Kuwait – a case to some degree encouraged ... ”