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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (78570)	7/29/2006 9:17:59 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

For sanctions to be effective, the cause for the sanctions has to be pretty strong. At the end of Desert Storm, the world sentiment against Iraq was very high. But as years passed by, the sentiments abated. Gee, you think the billions in bribes that Saddam handed out had anything to do with that? Doesn't say much for the worth of sanctions in general - just wait it out a few years and hand out bribes, and it will go away. We also know that a military solution for Iraq was a disastrous one. THose folks who were starving under the sanctions have lost their lives during the Us invasion and ultimate occupation. Which is better? As bad as it is now, it is still running under Saddam's normal kill rate. CNN just didn't report the deaths before. When you ask the Iraqis, they say it is better, because now they have hope, and before they had none.