'If you appease a bully you pay for it later'

John Major became PM just after Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait, and he worked 'closely with President George Bush' to liberate Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Storm.

In setting the scene: BBC Breakfast News 17 January 1991.

In his TV address to the UK public on the Iraq War, broadcast 17th January 1991, he said: 

"Since before dawn today, Britain's forces have been in action in the Gulf. Their skill and courage have already been tested. Tonight I want to explain to you why they are there, and what this conflict is about.

Our troops are part of an international force. It is drawn from many countries. It is acting under the authority of the United Nations and its purpose is to end Saddam Hussein's ruthless occupation of Kuwait.

He invaded without justification. His army has conducted itself without mercy. If such brutality and aggression are rewarded with success, then we are all at risk. If you appease a bully, you pay for it later. And you often pay more dearly".

  
How true Sir John...Enter The Carlyle Group. 

The Wall Street Journal reported in September that the former president, the father of President Bush, worked for the bin Laden family business in Saudi Arabia through the Carlyle Group. The senior Bush had met with the bin Laden family at least twice. (Other top Republicans are also associated with the Carlyle group, such as former Secretary of State James A. Baker.) The terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had supposedly been "disowned" by his family, which runs a multi-billion dollar business in Saudi Arabia and was a major investor in the senior Bush's firm.
 

Sir John, joined the Carlyle Group in 2001.

Sir John's other business interests:

'His business interests are Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse; Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the National Bank of Kuwait; Chairman of the European Advisory Council of the Emerson Electric Company, St. Louis; and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Global Infrastructure Partners. He is on the International Advisory Boards of the Peres Center for Peace in Israel, the InterAction Council in Tokyo, and Patron of the Atlantic Partnership'.

Finally, in the words of war profiteer and War Criminal; John Major "If you appease a bully, you pay for it later. And you often pay more dearly".
  

 
[History anarchism].
On doit des egards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la verite.
We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.
Letter to M. de Grenonville (1719).