Leo corrected

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 13 15:31:38 PDT 2001


Ken Hanly wrote:


>Is it wrong to say that West has operated a foreign policy modelled on
>permament war-footing. What is your evidence that this is incorrect?

Thanks to Sam Smith for putting this in my inbox so I have the exact words close at hand:


>RECOVERED HISTORY
>May 1996
>
>LESLEY STAHL, 60 MINUTES: We have heard that a half million children have
>died [because of sanctions against Iraq]. I mean, that's more children than
>died in Hiroshima and and you know, is the price worth it?"
>
>U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but
>the price we think the price is worth it."

If the mass killing civilians is wrong, and I think it is, isn't this monstrous?

Doug



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