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Politics : Attack Iraq? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (3340)	1/20/2003 10:02:37 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 8683

smoke em!

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (3340)	1/20/2003 10:37:45 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8683

Re: I believe there were 148 coalition caualties and approx 500,000 Iraqi cassualties. 148 would be the official statistic, and we both know how much stickler for truth the Department of Death has become. I've seen other credible estimates of Iraqi casualties of about 150,000. It would be my opinion that 500,000 direct Iraqi deaths from the Gulf War is probably a high estimate. I do accept the figure of 500,000 deaths from 1991 through the present as a direct result of our sanctions schemes. Mostly infants, children and seniors who've died of water-borne pathogens, poor nutrition and inadequate medical services. Prior to the systematic degradation of Iraq's infrastructure by U.S. and UK imposed sanctions and bombing, the main problem for Iraqi children was obesity. When confronted about this immorality as foreign policy, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stated that this was an "acceptable cost" of our sanctions regimes. It's not just the Bushista Junta that is acting immorally. Our government has consistently rejected American principles for the sake of realpolitik machinations. A shameful history. -Ray