Kevin Quinn wrote:
>There is a humanitarian crisis in Iraq and you are right that a great deal
>of the deaths are attributable to an economy that has been destroyed. But
>the sanctions did not destroy the economy; the war did. And only if your
>counter-factual is that without the sanctions, the infrastructure would be
>back to its pre-war condition is it fair to blame all these deaths on the
>sanctions. I haven't seen evidence for such a counter-factual and it seems
>unlikely to me. Iraqi oil sales today are greater than they were prior to
>the sanctions--according to Clinton in that Amy Goodman interview (is this
>so?).
"[A]ccording to Clinton . . ." Ha! If you believe anything this war criminal has to say, a man who has a public history of lying (and conning others to lie for him) to cover his ass, then you deserve to live inside your head.
DP