It seems that the deaths of over half a million Iraqi children were not enough to quench the blood lust of the nations of power.

According to this Guardian Article the decision to support Iranian sanctions has already been made.  

"Most of the U.N. Security Council's permanent members and the 'Group of Eight' support possible sanctions against Iran in the dispute over that country's nuclear program."

Bush and Blair are in a quandary as to how best to punish this nation for joining the nuclear crowd.  They can’t decide whether to go in all guns blazing or opt for the tried and tested slow torturous method of a killing a nation that allegedly is a "threat to world peace". When was the last time we heard that one?

”In London, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain and its allies were seeking a diplomatic solution over Iran and ``nobody is talking about military invasion.'' But he insisted that firm action was needed.”

He then goes on:

"I do not think it is time to send a message of weakness'' because Iran's president has called for Israel to be ``wiped off the map'' and there has been at least tacit acceptance by Tehran ``for young people signing up to be suicide bombers directed at U.S., U.K. and Israeli targets,'' Blair said in the House of Commons.

Bush on the other hand not wanting to be outdone threatened:

“all options are on the table' - including the military option - to prevent Iran from developing atomic weapons.”

No doubt this news will be welcomed with glee by the likes of Madeline “the price is worth it” Albright. She seemed to think that killing millions of children by sanctions was acceptable.

This article can be referred to for some information on Iraqi infant mortality rates

”In 1995, a team of doctors (including a representative of the Harvard School of Public Health) visited Iraq under the auspices of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization to examine the nutritional status and mortality rates of young children in Baghdad. They concluded that the sanctions had resulted in the deaths of 567,000 children in the previous five years.”

The methods used to “accelerate the effect of the sanctions ” Is even more ruthless than anything a cruel dictator could come up with.

“A Washington Post analysis published on June 23, 1991, noted that Pentagon officials admitted that, rather than concentrating solely on military targets, the U.S. bombing campaign “sought to achieve some of their military objectives in the Persian Gulf War by disabling Iraqi society at large” and “deliberately did great harm to Iraq’s ability to support itself as an industrial society.”

At a March 27, 2003, joint press conference for Bush and Britain’s prime minister,Tony Blair, Blair declared,

"Over the past five years, 400,000 Iraqi children under the age of five died of malnutrition and disease, preventively, but died because of the nature of the regime under which they are living. Now, that is why we’re acting. “

So that’s the formula? Bomb their electricity and water supplies to accelerate the deaths by sanctions and then blame the regime for the deaths and use that as an excuse for a barbaric invasion?

When will this cruel madness end. Why do innocent people have to die just because some power crazed war criminals feel insecure? 

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