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> > ==+==
> > 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.
> > ==+==
> >
> > Do you still stand by that?
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> Yes.
Do you disagree with this comment:
"Just because Saddam Hussein doesn’t care about the children doesn’t mean
that it is acceptable for us to punish the innocent and helpless when he
hides behind them. We should confront dictators face-to-face rather than
adopting policies that are harmful to children and the people of Iraq."
It was made by a Libertarian Congressional Candidate 2000. He was apparently
against the "violence and economic sanctions perpetrated by our government’s
policies towards Iraq".
Justin Raimondo (a fellow of the Center for Libertarian Studies, CA)
described the sanctions thus:
"...mass murder, comparable in scope to the famine unleashed by Stalin
against several million kulaks. After six years of a near-total economic
embargo, the once thriving Iraqi middle class has ceased to exist, and a
country once proud of its modernity is being dragged down into the lowest
rungs of the Third World."
Does anyone actually agree with you on this?
Scott A
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| (...) No, I do not disagree with this comment. There is no inconsistency with what I am saying, either. The sanctions are ineffective, but are not a "punishment" any more than a fence is a punishment to a cow. (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes. This leg has nothing to do with whether the stat is right or whether the causality link is there. (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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