one way to think about it

Twenty years ago, i argued that the US had created a horrible nightmare for the children of Iraq.  Through the use of harsh sanctions, imposed under the UN 661 Committee, following Gulf Storm, more than 1,000,000 children were denied access to vaccines and medical supplies.  We ended up killing 500,000 of them.  A half a million of them in ten years.  In other words, over the entire ten year period, we killed the equivalent of a Sandy Hook incident every two days for the full ten years.  We killed another 30,000 during the Iraq war, most of which died during the seige at Fallujah.  And yet, we petition the world to hear our laments for Sandy Hook, whilst continuing to maim and kill children around the world.  Maybe, just maybe, we might think about that.

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