Bob Hawke: "Ketika George Bush Senior [George HW Bush] mengumpulkan al...

"Ketika George Bush Senior [George HW Bush] mengumpulkan aliansinya untuk pergi ke Irak - untuk mengusir orang-orang Irak dari Kuwait - dia menelepon saya. Saya sangat dekat dengan George Bush Senior; Saya mengenalnya dengan baik sebagai Wakil Presiden untuk Ronald Reagan. Dan George menelepon saya dan berkata, "Oh, Bob," katanya, "Saya mengalami masalah dengan Brian [Mulroney]." Dia berkata, "Dia memiliki perdagangan gandum besar dengan Irak, dan dia tidak ingin mengecewakan itu." Saya berkata, "Anda serahkan saja pada saya.""

--- Bob Hawke

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When George Bush Senior [George HW Bush] was getting his alliance together to go into Iraq - to kick the Iraqis out of Kuwait - he rang me up. I was very close to George Bush Senior; I got to know him well as Vice President to Ronald Reagan. And George rang me up and said, "Oh, Bob," he said, "I'm having trouble with Brian [Mulroney]." He said, "He's got a big wheat trade with Iraq, and he doesn't want to upset that." I said, "You leave it with me."