On Nov 19, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> It's time for "the mass of antiwar protesters" to learn a lesson in
> realism from the Iraq sanctions and war: the existence of a government
> and citizens' welfare under it are not separate issues. It's the
> government that is responsible for welfare of citizens who live under
> it, from security to nutrition, sanitation to education, in any
> country where a modern government exists. Destroy a government, and
> citizens under it will suffer, deprived of what the government has
> provided them with.
Who's the audience for this homily? What antiwar activists were unaware of the damaging effects of sanctions?
Doug