American sanctions against Saddam Hussein caused the deaths of over 100,000 Iraqi children. When asked by ABC's Barbara Walters if it was worth it, then-Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright - on national TV - paused for a moment, and said, "That is a tough question, but, yes, it was worth it to protect...blah, blah, blah...the American people...blah, blah, blah...from Saddam Hussein...blah, blah..."
I was astounded. Albright not only acknowledged that it happened, which is extraordinary, but she said: "it was worth it." One hundred thousand children sacrificed to secure an ideology. Sounds like something Stalin would have done. Yet, this happened in America, by Americans, on the eve of the 21st century.
Then last week, on Fox's "The Five," co-host, Geraldo Rivera, called Russia's President Putin "a beast" whose shelling has caused the deaths of 105 Ukrainian children. Fellow co-host, Jesse Watters, lamented how these "civilized people" were being murdered, (as though the uncivilized people of Iraq and Afghanistan were simply collateral damage.) I suspect to Rivera, Korea who, thanks to US sanctions, die as we speak, do not matter much, either. I just wonder: Do we Americans has a national conscience, besides the fake one, I mean, that tells us how compassionate we are.
Last month, President Biden decreed that of the seven billion dollars of Afghan funds the US holds, he will give 3.5 billion to 911 survivors - the same survivors whom we have already lavished millions upon since that tragic day 20 years ago. Biden, too, must consider the Afghan people "uncivilized" and therefore unworthy of what belongs to them, and what they so desperately need.
America's hypocrisy runs amok. Do we not see ourselves? Are we not still a Christian nation? Do not believe God is watching? Do we care?
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