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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> In 1996, Madeleine Albright, then the US secretary of state, was asked on
> national television what she felt about the fact that 500,000 Iraqi children
> had died as a result of US economic sanctions. She replied that it was "a
> very hard choice", but that, all things considered, "we think the price is
> worth it".
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> Do you agree with her?
This is a "have you stopped beating your dog" question. Shame on you.
Madeline Albright is not my nominee for best Secretary of State for the 20th
century, and her answer to this question is part of the reason why.
I reject that 500K children in Iraq have died since sanctions were imposed.
That statistic itself is questionable. I note you haven't debunked it,
merely cited it again.
I reject that the sanctions are the REASON that children (however many)
died. The sanctions do not prevent the flow of food into the country.
I reject that even if the sanctions actually *caused* the death of even 1
child that it's the fault of the imposers of the sanctions for the deaths.
The *fault* lies with the lawless dictator Hussein, not the US.
Despite all that, I do not support sanctions in general and not in this
particular case either.
++Lar
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| (...) Agree with all that. (...) Don't really agree with this, however I think it's pointless debating who's at fault in such a case. Probably more important is the fact that the US let Saddam's propaganda machine continue, so there's probably a few (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Shame on her. Shame on you for not answering the question. (...) I have never stated that I thought it was true. The fact that your govermnet agrees with though does give it some credance. (...) Really? From: (URL) both Iraq and Haiti, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| These are some cold statistics regarding the sanctions against Iraq, which do have a profound impact on the Iraqi people regardless of what anyone says or thinks who is to blame. The sanctions only further strengthen, not weaken, Saddam Hussein's (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) ...and from Saturday's Guardian: ==+== In 1996, Madeleine Albright, then the US secretary of state, was asked on national television what she felt about the fact that 500,000 Iraqi children had died as a result of US economic sanctions. She (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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