Re: [microsound] See men shredded, then say you don't back war

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500,000 iraqis died because their ruler is an asshole and when the
"civilized" world initiated sanctions against iraq, he'd rather let his
people die than give in.  sanctions are a way to motivate a leader without
being outright destructive.  of course, this assumes the leader gives a shit
about the people against whom the sanctions are imposed.  funny how while
people starved to death in the streets, saddam was able to rebuild all of
his palaces bigger than ever.

I'm sure that somehow in the twisted minds of the people hellbent to hug the
world to death, this is all the fault of the US.

-Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: <billashline@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] See men shredded, then say you don't back war

> Well, over 500,000 children have died in Iraq as a result of sanctions
> and the destruction of infrastructure during the first Gulf War.  I
> guess that shows just how much the west cares.  The US is going to spend
> 12 billion on the military operation.  It spent 65 million on aid for
> the Iraqis.  I guess that shows how much they care.  Meanwhile, a
> humanitarian disaster is taking place in Africa right now with an AIDS
> epidemic and Eritrea on the brink of famine, and all the west can talk
> about is Saddam Hussein.  that's the real obscenity.
>
> Karzai goes to Washington asking for aid.  he's offered 50 million but
> then told that 35 million of it has to go for the building of a luxury
> hotel in Kabul.  There's caring for you.  Remove oppressive
> dictatorships and replace them with capitalized impoverishment and then
> try to call it "progress" with a straight face.
>
> Too much Chomsky?  Try Said, Pilger, Fisk, Monbiot.  God forbid anything
> but CNN, Fox TV, or any of the networks for that matter.
>
> fgrecs@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Nobody cares?  This should show Americans what a maroon you must be.
> >Where on Earth are you writing from?  Some magical place where nothing
> >happens, or somewhere like Russia, where people are butchered everyday
> >in Chechnya, and Chechen mujahadeen are butchering people back?  It
> >seriously takes a lot of gall for anyone outside of the US to be making
> >such moral statements as the fluff posted below.  You guys seriously
> >read too much Chomsky.  Sad.
> >
> >Rudy
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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