We foolishly did not realize Saddam was stupid. April Glaspie More Quotes by April Glaspie More Quotes From April Glaspie President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait . April Glaspie intelligent war country Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take all of Kuwait . April Glaspie kuwait america thinking We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts. April Glaspie conflicts opinion