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To: CharleyMike who wrote (84119)	7/25/2000 8:31:03 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

You still haven't shown that it was the intent of the American government to create a child killing situation. Possibly this was not the intent, but the steps were taken with full knowledge that civilians would suffer. The sanctions are intended to do two things: to deprive Saddam of the resources needed to rebuild his armed forces and to create a level of hardship that will provide an incentive for Iraqis to rise up against Saddam. The latter objective is clearly not very nice to civilians of all ages, who suffer from the deprivation and who would doubtless suffer even more in the civil war that would result if Iraqis actually did rise up against Saddam. We simply accept these factors as a regrettable but necessary part of our pursuit of our national interest, relieving our guilt somewhat by pointing out, correctly, that Iraqi civilians would probably suffer as much if the sanctions were lifted. It is very unfortunate, but Iraqi civilians happen to be in a pretty grim situation these days, and there is not a great deal that we can do about it. This sort of policy directed at civilians is nothing new: we pursued a proxy war against Nicaragua for several years knowing that civilians were the primary victims, and we pursued a direct war in Vietnam that imposed indescribable hardships on civilians. Neither exercise was in pursuit of any vital national interest. In that sense, at least, our actions in Iraq are more justifiable: at least there is purpose there.