Wolfgang there has been so much propaganda about who was killed by "the sanctions" and when they were killed is a challenge. Wasn't oil for food touted as saving tens of thousands of lives? Wasn't oil for food a response to the sanctions? Isn't talking about the people who died from the sanctions a red herring.

Frankly, If John Hopkins, Columbia medical school and the Lancet are willing to put their name on the study, I'm not inclined to question the math or the methodology.