Posts Made By: Tom Dubois

From an op-ed in the Washington Post by Walter Russell Meade:

The Gulf War killed somewhere between 21,000 and 35,000 Iraqis, of whom between 1,000 and 5,000 were civilians. Based on Iraqi government figures, UNICEF estimates that containment kills roughly 5,000 Iraqi babies (children under 5 years of age) every month, or 60,000 per year. Other estimates are lower, but by any reasonable estimate containment kills about as many people every year as the Gulf War - and almost all the victims of containment are civilian, and two-thirds are children under 5. Each year of containment is a new Gulf War. Saddam Hussein is 65; containing him for another 10 years condemns at least another 360,000 Iraqis to death. Of these, 240,000 will be children under 5.

Food for thought, and reasons for many, many moments of silence. The cost of inaction sometimes is more expensive than the cost of action.

Thank you.

I think its all part of the euro-presses pounding of George W. as a bible-thumpin', 9 to 5 workin', war-mongerin', Texan Cowboy. Looks like they have Dom hook, line and sinker.

Tom, although our opinions seem to run opposite of each others on most things, I usually respect your views. When ever you let the words zionism or jewish creap into your post, I have to tell you I cringe. Although there are no taboo subjects on this board, I do believe your views would be much better suited for another board that would gladly feast on your anti-semetic fare. It really cast an unflattering light on all your post when I read these occational "it's the jews faults" rants of yours. Just my view from the bleachers.

Go to the home page, read about the article's author....hardly unbiased. Because its on the net doesn't make it so!

That must have been tough to hang on to. By the way, your one-sided assessment of the Reagan years is at least as ludicrous as those who (in your words) deified him.

Libs are idiots, republicans are wacky......hell toss the whole political topic if your going to get that picky. From this lurkers point of view, if you're going to get offended by that, than the whole political topic is people from one side of the spectrum trying to verbaly urinate on the other. If your going to call one for crossing the line, you should call them all.

Peace

Haven't stopped in in a while and decided to check out today of all days. The pool at the bottom of ground zero isn't big enough and George is stepping on the flag on a doormat. And rather than replies saying get a grip, every one piles on. Unbelievable.

I remember one of the big stories in 1994 after the Republicans were swept into power was that it was because of "angry white men". The main stream media was full of stories making it sound like some sort of sinister force in the American population rose up to flip the balance of power. I somehow doubt that they'll sing that tune this time.

"just a broad-base attack on Obama"

Rod overstates the content of an article......
Bias exist on the NYT editorial board.........
The sky is blue.........
Birds fly........


Triple yawn.