Are sanctions killing people in Iraq?

Leonidas · 02-03-2003, 07:40 PM

There seems to be some folks on the board who believe the US is responsible for innocents in Iraq dying by enforcing sanctions Iraq agreed to after being forced out of Kuwait, after attacking that country unprovoked. For those who feel this way I recomend you click the following link and read for yourself just who is in control of feeding, or starving the masses in that country. I guarantee you it's not Kofi Annan. George Bush, or Hans Blix.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Feb2.html

astralhaze · 02-03-2003, 07:44 PM

Hey man, wassup with a link I have to register for

Leonidas · 02-03-2003, 08:05 PM

Sorry

It's not really a registration per se. When I registered I gave it all bogus information and it took it. It's just the Washington Post.

Dutch · 02-04-2003, 07:54 AM

Well, without actually going to the link I think I can agree that Bush, Annan, and Blix are not the responsable parties.

Sanctions are used to threaten countries to obey international law. They are supposed to work as a deterent, but some leaders in the world go against the world opinion and use the sanctions to their advantage.

Saddam Hussein for instance has used the trickle of imports and exports to starve his internal rivals while he builds new palaces of gold and strengthens his military arsenal.

That's the reality, it's nobody's fault but whomever is in charge of the country that is put on sanctions.

This is too easy, any hard questions out there?

02-03-2003, 08:05 PM	#3
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	Sorry It's not really a registration per se. When I registered I gave it all bogus information and it took it. It's just the Washington Post. __________________ Molon labe

02-03-2003, 07:44 PM	#2
astralhaze College Prospect Join Date: Dec 2002	Hey man, wassup with a link I have to register for

02-04-2003, 07:54 AM	#4
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Well, without actually going to the link I think I can agree that Bush, Annan, and Blix are not the responsable parties. Sanctions are used to threaten countries to obey international law. They are supposed to work as a deterent, but some leaders in the world go against the world opinion and use the sanctions to their advantage. Saddam Hussein for instance has used the trickle of imports and exports to starve his internal rivals while he builds new palaces of gold and strengthens his military arsenal. That's the reality, it's nobody's fault but whomever is in charge of the country that is put on sanctions. This is too easy, any hard questions out there?

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