Five: Fatuous And Cruel <br />2: Anxious And Uneasy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, Western countries led by the US carried out military action to conquer Iraq’s invasion. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Even though Iraq’s dictator Sadam Hussein was a good friend of the Chinese Communist Party, China was isolated from the international community at the time and didn’t want to offend Western countries by supporting Sadam Hussein. <br />However, during the war, China’s press, tightly controlled by the CCP, repeatedly stating that Sadam had a good chance to win, and the guerrilla warfare would be prolonged and that the US troops would be trapped in Iraq, similar to what happened during the Vietnam war. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />At that time, the Western countries had imposed economic sanctions over the TianAnMen Massacre, and China had little international support. Facing a challenge as major as this, Jiang panicked, did not know what to do. Deng Xiaoping said: “Shut up and stay hands off.” Thanks to Deng’s order, Jiang didn’t need to make...
