[thechat] When is it time for war?

[Syed Zeeshan Haider]

From: "Morgan Kelsey" <morgan at morgankelsey.com>

> well, shit that's an easy one. especially since you like to throw the
> "500,000 dead" number around.
> 
> do you know how many needless infant deaths have occurred in iraq due to UN
> ECONOMIC SANCTIONS?
> 
> unicef reports that number to be 500,000 since 1996. thats just kids under
> 5, and thats only since 1996.
> 
> see, this is the problem i have with the anti-war protesters. unless of
> course all you guys have also been hitting the streets for the last 12 years
> protesting the economic sanctions. you have, right?
> 
> did i mention those sanctions were imposed by the glorious UN?
> 
> oh wait, the UN are the good guys, right?
> 
> abbey has it right, toothless hag indeed. and one that hands out poison
> apples.
> 
> i won't pretend to know the solution to this mess either. the solutuion
> would probably be: never have created israel, never have created the UN,
> change US policy for past 50 years, etc etc.  but then, we'd probably have
> steve jobs and bill gates duking it out for the world.  the only bonus would
> be sanctions like: "your country can only run at 14.4" -- which might be
> more humorous than people starving to death everyday.

Very well said!
--
Syed Zeeshan Haider.
http://syedzeeshanhaider.faithweb.com/