Quote Originally Posted by LaidZeppelin

I really cannot believe some of you people. DO some history for Christs sake, its fucking important. The sactions we put on Iraq in the early 90's doubled infant mortality and killed hundreds of thousands of women and children.

Actually food & medical supplies were exempt from those sanctions as they are from ALL US SANCTIONS.

True Saddam denied his people those things so he could sell them on the open market for money, and as a control over the people.

OUR POLICIES FUCKING KILL PEOPLE!!!!
No, our economic sanctions don't "kill" anyone.