âWe donât do body countsâ General Tommy Franks, US Central Command http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
When the civilian body count from this war reaches the death toll of innocent civilians at the hands of Saddam and his regime, call me.
And if the civillian body count exceeds that and happens to reach the death toll of innocent civillians at the hands of the US sanctions, call me.
What US sanctions? The only sanctions were UN mandated. In any event, Sad and Insane took the path of causing the death of his own people and not by any sanctions. How much food and medicine could have been purchased by what he spent on palace building?
Oh, so now all of a sudden the UN counts huh? Still, are you going to try and tell me that had the US wanted the sanctions lifted they couldn't have arranged it? As I recall, it was the US that was quite dogmatic about keeping them -- inspite of all the humanitarian opposition. (LOL, more evidence that your goverment could not give a hoot about the plight of the poor Iraqis, despite the spin of the day.)
You complain that the sanctions caused the problem for the Iraqi people. You labelled those sanctions "US;" they were not. The money spent on palaces, WMD development, military arms, SH's bank account and the Iraqi leadership's Mercedes-Benz fleet, could have well have prevented all deaths blamed on "sanctions." Further, SH could have easily avoided the sanctions all together, he chose not to.
I finally decided to place Alfredo on ignore. He isn't rational, what can you do? When engaging in internet debates, without a moderator, or a panel to keep the irrational in line, it becomes an exercise in stupidity to even try to show people like Alfredo the error in his logic, and the inconsistency of his posts. The more you point out the folly of his position, the non sequiturs, the baseless arguments, the deeper he digs in. He is like one of those young boys, you know, the Jehovah's witness types who come to the door to hand out Watchtower. I don't even bother opening the door any more, when all you get is canned responses. Poor brainwashed bastards. Extremist thinkers, useless.
Well, if you're ever trapped by the JH, here's what I do. I give them the scenario of a child born on a deserted island and brought up by parents who never give him a lick of religion, always explaining everything in nature via science. Then I demand the JH's explanation as to how God could condemn this innocent child to damnation. It's like the errant robot being interogated by Capt. Kirk, at which point while they're trying to come up with a response, which they never have, I close the door and tell them to have a nice day.