Thursday, March 14, 2013

Iraq's pain has only intensified since 2003 | Sami Ramadani | Comment is free | The Guardian

Iraq's pain has only intensified since 2003 | Sami Ramadani | The Guardian
The country already so damaged, is now crippled by fear of all-out civil war.
"Wanton imperialist intervention and dictatorial rule have together been responsible for the deaths of more than a million people since 1991. And yet, according to both Tony Blair and the former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright, the "price is worth it". Blair, whom most Iraqis regard as a war criminal, is given VIP treatment by a culpable media. Iraqis listen in disbelief when he says: "I feel responsibility but no regret for removing Saddam Hussein." (As if Saddam and his henchmen were simply whisked away, leaving the people to build a democratic state). It enrages us to see Blair build a business empire, capitalising on his role in piling up more Iraqi skulls than even Saddam managed."

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