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Subject: 
Re: War
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:02:45 GMT
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Hello Larry,

> I have no faith in statistics that are originated by the UN unless
> independently corroborated, and that's a blanket statement. The UN apparatus
> is highly politicised and tends to produce answers that are politically
> correct rather than actually correct.
> 
> Please note that Scott said (effectively) "I don't believe the 500K number"
> and also quoted statistics that supported or cited the 500K number as a
> mechanism for debunking the deconstruction, claiming they were correct. That
> seems dubious at best.

I think the question here should not be so much "is the actual number 500k
or maybe 80% less or more", but instead: "What can we do to fix the
problem." One possibility would be to lift the sanctions. In terms of
military buildup in Iraq, that would barely make a difference. The other
possibility is to finish what Desert Storm left unfinished. And then of
course not only lift sanctions, but send Care packets ...

Greetings

Horst



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  Re: War
 
(...) Right! This is exactly what I am advocating. Disassemble the country and reassemble it correctly. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) A great explanation of this was given by Dave! (...) The original cite of "debunk this" deconstructs the UN statistics. Statistics have a way of getting cited and re-cited, and those cites get recited by those that want the statistics to be (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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