From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 17:56:41 MDT
Damien Sullivan <phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> And arguably any rich country which let Third World products in without
> tariffs would do even more for those countries;
That's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. Traditonally,
if you were importing from a Third World country, you were accused
of exploitation. Now if you don't, you are accused of starving
their economy. As usual, I wonder whether it's the same people who
level opposite accusations.
> So what happens if we invaded another country on the grounds of WMDs and we
> don't find any?
Well, any WMDs were supposed to be well hidden. It is entirely
unrealistic to assume that these--if they exist--will be found
immediately. And the way it looks, much of the documentation the
Iraqi government may have had is being carried away or going up in
flames. It may take months to come to any definitive conclusion
regarding the presence of chemical/biological/radiological weapons.
> Nasty though his regime is, just what are the numbers associated with it?
> Just what is the total amount of bloodshed, and how does it compare against
> other things in the world?
A million for the Iraq-Iran war plus a couple of hundred thousands
for other occasions.
The ongoing Kongo civil war is said to have killed ~3 million over
the last four years.
Malaria is killing a million each year, tuberculosis twice that.
I have an appointment with my doctor about hepatitis A/B shots on
Monday...
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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