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northfilly · #11 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ezra

The million dead Iraqi babies from the Iraq sanctions wasn't a wake up call?

Yes, it was. Unlike W, I don't stop caring about babies once they are actually born. And we all know how Oil-For-Food worked out...

Listen, I know the situation is complicated but the silence from the White House is deafening.

Illiniwek · #12 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ezra

Last thing I heard on the news was that Bush was withholding support from African nations that has governments he didn't approve of. More sanctions? The million dead Iraqi babies from the Iraq sanctions wasn't a wake up call?

The Iraqi government found billions to build dozens of palaces while the sanctions were in place. The Iraqi government found millions to spread bribes around the world.

It couldn't find a dime for medicine for the Iraqi people.

The dead babies were part of the wake-up call for some of us. That was just another reason I supported getting rid of Saddam.

Do I read your statement to suggest the U.S. government should support the governments of places like Zimbabwe, Libya or Sierra Leone?

Illiniwek · #13 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by northfilly

And we all know how Oil-For-Food worked out...

That's Bush's fault?

Ezra · #14 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Illiniwek

The Iraqi government found billions to build dozens of palaces while the sanctions were in place. The Iraqi government found millions to spread bribes around the world.

It couldn't find a dime for medicine for the Iraqi people.

The dead babies were part of the wake-up call for some of us. That was just another reason I supported getting rid of Saddam.

Do I read your statement to suggest the U.S. government should support the governments of places like Zimbabwe, Libya or Sierra Leone?

Handing over cash willy nilly... no... I don't support throwing good money after bad. I do know that ignoring the problem until those governments sort themselves out is not an answer.

Ezra · #15 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Illiniwek

That's Bush's fault?

Individually? No.