My response to Thomas Eckhardt

[Otto]

I think Thomas was referring to this:

"We Think the Price Is Worth It"
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half
million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in
Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard
choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it.

--60 Minutes (5/12/96)

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1084


2008/3/6, grladams at teleport.com <grladams at teleport.com>:
> >On a different note, I also find it sad that someone who supported the
>  >war crime against the Iraqi people is even considered to be worth voting
>  >for around these parts. -Thomas Eckhardt
>
>  I don't think it was Hillary's intent at all. Simple and bold to say but
>  it's not that simple without a long discussion of how money in Iraq was
>  probably mishandled by Sadaam Hussein, too. I respect your opinion but to
>  conflate a supporter of Hillary with a supporter of murder is quite hot,
>  divisive and I'll not take this accusation without a response to you that I
>  am not, nor any of the Hillary supporters I know, a supporter of the
>  tragedies in Iraq. I also do not possess the credentials to discuss the
>  tortured geopolitical events that unfolded after sanctions begain, with
>  such clear hindsight like you have, so I concede maybe you know alot more
>  about the workings of the world than I do.
>
>  Jill
>