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Economic Sanctions Are a Valid, Useful Way of Restricting Iraqi Economy and Promoting Change

It's that time again -- the liberal anti-war crowd is back. This time, it's Bush's campaign against Iraq. Obviously, important issues like poverty and Social Security have all been solved because they ignore them. It's all about Iraq now.

As talk show host Neal Boortz puts it, "I just love those Iraqi spokesmen telling the world how much the United States will regret any attack on the brave, courageous Iraqi army. In 1991 the 'Mother of All Wars' lasted all of four days, less than the gestation period for a hamster."

All I hear about these days is that we are to blame for the deaths of Iraqis through our sanctions. That's about all the liberals talk about. Did it ever occur to them that Saddam takes the money in aid for food and gives it to suicide bombers in Palestine in the form of checks?

The thought probably didn't cross their narrow little minds. Their tie-dyed headbands are probably on too tight. Perhaps a bit too much weed smoking before a protest. How much can our sanctions really do anyways? Besides oil, what do they have? Sand. What, will sand exports go down if we put sanctions on them? I doubt it. If I hear that our sanctions kill Iraqis one more time I will throw up. It's symbolic you idiots!

We need to end this liberal trash about not attacking Saddam. I guess the liberal crowd finally linked abortion and Iraq. Hey, if we kill innocent kids here, how can we oust Saddam for doing similar things in Iraq? While we oust Saddam, we might as well exile all you anti-war people to Canada. After all, if worse comes to worse, that's where you draft dodger types will run to anyways. Let's go get 'em Bush!

Richard Bean
Freshman
Journalism

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