New York State of Mind

[Otto]

Robert:
> (And in reply to Otto's point about Iraq, I suspect much the same
situation
> has prevailed under Saddam's rule there since those economic sanctions
were
> imposed, and I truly wonder how many of the 500,000 children who have died
> were actually from the already persecuted minorities within his state:
> Kurds, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Mandaeans etc.)
>

Rob, this may be the case but Mrs. Albright did not use this explanation nor
did she question the numbers. She just said that it was worth the price. And
this is a question everybody who defends the sanctions "has the clear
obligation to answer".

Otto