Q. Why don't you admit that this is just more of the same imperialism, and that we have killed millions all over the globe in places like Iraq, Serbia, Panama, Grenada, and Haiti?
A. U.N. sanctions hurt Iraq, but not nearly as much as did its own government, which built palaces and bought weapons while its people � according to Iraqi "journalists" � went without. Those who preferred to act militarily and unilaterally against Saddam Hussein, rather than by sanctions with the U.N. against the Iraqi people, would have incurred even greater animus from you. How odd that we were told to work with the U.N. to obtain embargos, and then, after they were implemented, they were dubbed "U.S." sanctions. Hussein's attacks with nuclear and biological warfare, if they reach fruition, are indiscriminate and will not distinguish you from me; the fact that we are American, free, and relatively affluent makes us the same target in his eyes.
The bombing in Serbia � against Christian butchers of Muslims � saved hundreds of thousands, as even our European critics now admit. Hundreds, not millions, were lost through American intervention in and around the Caribbean. Despite our past unpredictable policy and sometimes poor planning, most in Panama, Grenada, and Haiti confess that they enjoy life now more than they did under the tyrannies we replaced.