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To: Sully- who wrote (368)	4/18/2003 4:37:31 AM
From: WhatsUpWithThat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

Living in the lap of luxury........ plus more on poverty & oppression It's useful to remember Marcos in the Phillipines, long a good friend and close ally. The Shah in Iran. Batista in Cuba. This is another card that shouldn't be overplayed. How well does Mr. Bush live, while in slums around Washington children go hungry and people are unable to afford medical treatment? I'm not saying the the two are equivalent by any means, only cautioning again that the world we live in, the world we make, isn't black and white. WUWT

To: Sully- who wrote (368)	4/18/2003 1:16:43 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

The Republican palace contrasts starkly with the poverty that has gripped Iraq since its defeat 12 years ago. Thanks for shooting yourself in the foot, saving me a little work. The poverty in Iraq is a result of the sanctions. Despite a phenomenally well-organized distribution network (as described by the UN), the oil for food program was too meager to make up for the devastating sanctions. <<< ... For the majority of people in pre-sanctions Iraq, the "other" human rights - economic and social rights - were well respected. Unlike other Gulf oil producers, Iraq invested virtually all of its oil wealth inside the country, building the most advanced medical and educational systems in the region. Even during the decade-long Iran-Iraq War, the overwhelmingly middle-class Iraqis lived in a modern, near First World level society with one of the smallest wealth-poverty gaps of any country in the region. Food access, education, health care and general quality of life approached that of developed countries. The most common problem faced by Iraqi pediatricians was childhood obesity. ... >>> ips-dc.org Tom