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To: tejek who wrote (172961)	7/31/2003 2:53:31 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572017

Ted, I think those numbers are highly inflated but in your mind, they justified this war? I don't doubt that the numbers were probably inflated, but that's not the point. Like I just said to Al, inspections and sanctions were the worst of both worlds. No one wanted to trust Saddam or let him have a free hand in killing people, but no one really wanted to take him out, either. It's a three-way dilemma, with the middle ground (inspections and sanctions) being the worst. The sooner the U.N. realizes this, the better. I'll bet most individuals within the U.N. do, but feel powerless to change it. (That should tell you how much more faith I have in the U.N. vs. some other conservatives out there.) Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (172961)	7/31/2003 2:53:35 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572017

I think those numbers are highly inflated but in your mind, they justified this war? Remember that under the sanctions Iraq was restricted from buying many many products. Water becomes difficult to purify, medicinals are unobtainable...the economic sanctions destroyed Iraqi economy, so the government had to resort to food rationing, through the food for oil program, which they did for years, reportedly with good effectiveness. Soon after the end of the current war, that food distribution was completely disrupted and stopped. So basically, the planners at the Pentagon and State Department had put all their effort to the war plan, and given basically no thought to the welfare of the people in the aftermath. Amnesty International and UN watch groups have reported that sanctions have caused the (probably premature) death of 1.5 Million Iraqis. Of course one can rebut that Saddam spent a great deal of money on himself (palaces and who knows what else). Al