Objective Reporting

[calbert at pop.tiac.net]

> 
> >Though one can certainly sympathize with Iraqi civilians
> 
> Fuckin-a right, no qualification needed!!  By the most conservitive
> estimates the sanctions we are responsible for have cost 500,000 civilian
> lives.

Why are "we" responsible for the sanctions? They were the consequence 
of Saddam's willful violation of the agreement which ended his 
adventure into Kuwait. Here is a guy who has not hesitated to gas 
Iranians, Kurds, and his fellow Iraquis ( assuming we can grant those 
referred to as "marsh-arabs" a national identity). He has used his 
missles on civilian targets of NON-combatants. I don't know that it 
gets much worse.
Sometimes a despot is just a despot.

>  An upper range estimate is 1,200,000.  Alot of zeros, alot of
> death, alot of inexcusible misery inflicted....To top it off the several
> hundred-thousand pounds of depleted uranium ammo  we scattered over
> southern Iraq will reap many more souls in the years to come.   In Basrah
> about 30% of children are born with birth defects.  We are inflicting
> tremendous pain on the innocent victims of a tyrant whose power is
> increased.  Absurd.  Reprehensible.

Then what would YOU do?

>  One can only hope that one day
> Clinton, Kissinger, Bush et. al.  will be afraid to leave the country less
> they be snagged for commiting crimes against humanity. (my dream, dusted
> with ashes).  We are all diminished by this!!

I'd heartily agree with the last sentiment, but we can't always 
operate on the level of elevated principle, sometimes life gets 
dirty.

love,
cfa