Brad DeLong wrote:
> I think the U.S. sanctions policy on Iraq is mistaken and
> counterproductive. But I don't think Clinton is morally culpable for
> the fact that the Iraqi government prefers not to spend its foreign
> exchange on pharmaceuticals and nutrition but to husband it for...
> other purposes.
Brad, Albright said that the sanctions would last as long as Saddam remained in
power. Saddam cannot buy water purification inputs which are much more
important than drugs. Yes, Clinton is responsible. Let's not debate this,
though. Just leave it that you and I disagree.
I do not have much love for Saddam or for any of the three governments that
lead to the Yugoslavian tragedy. I don't see Milosovich as any worse in terms
of human rights than the other 2, although his anti-market policies were
better.
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> I do not hear you taking note of the fact that Saddam Hussein has
> launched wars of aggression on two of its neighbors. Nor do I hear
> you denouncing the butchers of Srebnitca...
>
> Brad DeLong
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