There's a minor problem watching some older and nostalgic movies. Sometimes names get mentioned of people who were later exposed for doing something terrible.
In this case #SlidingDoors mentions Gary Glitter in a fun way... Eek
@corbden A sliding doors moment in history: A few months earlier, Saddam Hussein was sounding out the US ambassador, to decide if he should invade Kuwait — he knew not to annoy the USA — greedy but not stupid!
He asked April Glaspie, who was under instruction to be firm & diplomatic & ensure stability. She should have demurred with an "I'll get back to you … quickly"
But instead she said —
"nothing serious will happen"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Glaspie
And so Iraq v1 happened
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Watched #SlidingDoors again tonight - it's a brilliantly made movie, especially when they have both Helens at the same place and jump from one timeline to the other.