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To: Alighieri who wrote (163045)	3/6/2003 9:38:54 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572859

What if there was no war and we worked the issue diplomatically...pressuring Iraq for disarmament and human rights, and backing compliance with the threat of a UN force positioned in the country or neighboring countries? Great idea. Just like we have done for the last 12 years? This is where liberals get labeled as being "dense".

To: Alighieri who wrote (163045)	3/6/2003 2:36:24 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1572859

>Really? Millions eh? OK...What if there was no war and we worked the issue diplomatically...pressuring Iraq for disarmament and human rights, and backing compliance with the threat of a UN force positioned in the country or neighboring countries? Not as many, but more than if went in there, took out Saddam, and policed the country for a decade or two. -Z

To: Alighieri who wrote (163045)	3/6/2003 3:00:04 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572859

Al re....Really? Millions eh? OK...What if there was no war and we worked the issue diplomatically...pressuring Iraq for disarmament and human rights, and backing compliance with the threat of a UN force positioned in the country or neighboring countries? What is we keep up the controls and increase inspections? According to Ramsey Clark, 1.5 million Iraqis have died since the gulf war due to sanctions. That is 10,000/ month. The gulf war according to him, only killed one tenth of that. If we wait 6 months, there already will be more dead Iraqis before the war starts, than would be killed in the war now. You will note the Iraq health minister claims the death rate is increasing. Another 10 yrs. and you could be looking at 2 million dead. And you somehow think that is humane? Where is your sense of responsibility for keeping the starvation going. We can't save everybody, but the sooner the better as far as the starving are concerned. Not to mention there are between 2 mil and 4 mil Iraqi refugees kept alive in camps. How long do you intend to keep them suffering with your worthless diplomacy. http://www.iacenter.org/rc_o26.html Then we impose the unbelievable sanctions on Iraq that have killed a million and a half people. Every day it continues, every day and every day infants, children, elderly die from those sanctions. We just got back from Iraq in September, where we heard the health minister say the death rates continue to increase. The number of children born below normal weight, below 2 kilograms, are now one in four. A midget generation. We have killed 1 and a half million people with genocidal sanctions.