On Wednesday 2004-04-14 12:59, Thomas Beck wrote: > > Are you arguing that one American life is worth more than 10, 100, > > 1000, > > 10,000 lives in Iraq? I hope not, but this post makes it sound to me > > that > > you do. Clarification would be appreciated...especially if I > > misunderstood > > what you wrote. > > I didn't realize it would come out that way, which was not my intention.
I'll say it again. In 1997 a Jordanian asked me why America was killing 1000 babies a month with sanctions against Iraq. I said that Iraq was an enemy of the USA; therefore, realpolitik meant that America had to keep Iraq weak. We had two choices sanctions or war. With sanctions Iraqi's died, with war Americans and Iraqi's died. As an American I would gladly trade the lives of 1000 Iraqi infants for the life of 1 American soldier. (As an Arab, I would expect her to gladly do the reverse.) That's still the case today. Dead Iraqis are infinitely preferable to dead Americans (or Westerners)...if one happens to be an American. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
