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Thread #116918   Message #2514157
Posted By: Teribus
13-Dec-08 - 05:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK caused cholera, says Zimbabwe
Subject: RE: BS: UK caused cholera, says Zimbabwe
The only person who could have been accused of "economic terrorism2, or indeed any form of terrorism in Iraq Akenaton was Saddam himself.

Let's see now shall we, while all those children were dying, or supposedly dying (I take it that you are talking about the "projected" estimates that somebody arrived at?), Saddam managed to build 17 Presidential Palaces (That UNSCOM could not inspect), all luxuriously appointed and some the size of small towns. Now if Saddam had any thoughts, feelings, or a conscience about the children of Iraq don't you think that he'd have settled for a couple of Palaces and distributed the cash elsewhere for medicine for example?? Oh yes the sanctions must have stopped him doing that, right? But those sanctions were so tight that Saddam with the help of his neighbours and trading partners smuggled out enough oil to provide $2 billion a year in secret revenues and managed to smuggle in 384 rocket motors (Found by UNMOVIC). Now if Saddam had any thoughts, feelings, or a conscience about the children of Iraq don't you think that he'd have scrubbed round the rocket motors and spent that money on medicine for example??

Millions upon millions have been thrown at Mugabe's Zimbabwe in terms of aid, all that has happened to it is that it has gone into the bank accounts of Mugabe and his henchmen, no "economic terrorism" there Akenaton just the greed of a self confessed follower of Marx. Zimbabwe has been independent for 30 years now, it has been totally destroyed by Mugabe, nobody elses fault at all. Exactly at what point down the road to ruin do you expect him to face up to his responsibilities?? - Oh yes, how silly of me, the man's supposed to be a socialist - so the answer to my question is therefore never - its always somebody elses fault.