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To: American Spirit who wrote (182720)	2/16/2004 8:05:46 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577591

AS. Re..What got into him do you think? Probably the same thing that got into Scott and Pollack. Sanctions were way past being an effective solution. Scott is right when he says the world was starting to turn against sanctions. After 9/11 something else had to be done. http://www.danielpipes.org/article/896 Third, Ritter critiques the Clinton Administration for a "shallow understanding" of the obstacles to disarming Iraq and its "appalling lack of leadership." He faults the administration for its "uninspired no-endgame strategy of containment through economic sanctions of indefinite duration." Translated from jargon, he means that Washington has wrongly settled on economic restrictions against Iraq as a permanent measure, under the illusion that these in themselves will fell the regime. Ritter objects to sanctions on several grounds: (1) They don't work, for Saddam is sacrificing his people's welfare rather than bend to American demands. (2) They lead to terrible casualty rates (Ritter finds the sanctions responsible each year for 43,000 dead Iraqis under the age of five) and inspire worldwide sympathy for the regime. (3) They cause the U.S. government to forfeit moral high ground and political advantage. (4) They render Washington reactive, for containment is inherently a passive approach, permitting key decisions to be made elsewhere. (5) They cannot last, for nearly the whole world objects to them.