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Albright replied: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it."
Throughout the 1990s, Iraq sanctions caused about 1.5 Iraqi deaths. Most were young children. Former UN humanitarian coordinator Dennis Halliday resigned in protest. He refused to be part of what he called "genocide."
Sanctions killed up to 7,000 Iraqi children monthly. It was one of history's greatest crimes. The Clinton administration bore main responsibility. As UN envoy and Secretary of State, Albright was criminally involved.
Halliday called the oil for food program genocidal. He held Washington responsible. He said:
"This is about America's imperialistic need to control the Arab economy, money and oil. The invasion of Kuwait was an invitation to (GHW) Bush to destroy Iraq.""We cannot remain silent and allow the UN to kill the children of Iraq. In the Arab world you cannot allow the US to dictate the conditions and the needs of the Arab people and the people of Iraq. You cannot afford to have the UN further corrupted."
"The UN Charter talks about the well-being of mankind. But the charter has been corrupted by the sanctions. The fundamental human rights of the Iraqi people -- rights to employment, healthcare, education, jobs, housing, the right to live -- all have been destroyed by the UN."
Washington uses it as a dagger. It's plunged into humanity's heart. At issue is unchallenged global dominance.
NATO is used the same way. It's an imperial tool. Neither organization represents peace, stability, and democracy. These and other popular issues are deplored.
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