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The Albright quote is apocryphal. https://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/ https://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/
by lern_too_spel 2y ago
The Albright quote is apocryphal. https://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/ https://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/
- kamikazeturtles 2y agoThere is a video clip from the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5xL_6_GlU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5xL_6_GlU4 The US intentionally took out water and sewage treatment facilities in the Gulf war and placed particular sanctions to make sure the population didn't have a clean water supply and so diseases could spread. Based on Wikileaks and declassified documents. https://progressive.org/latest/pentagon-documents-show-u.s.-intentionally-used-sanctions-destroy-iraq-s-water-supply./ https://progressive.org/latest/pentagon-documents-show-u.s.-...
- lern_too_spel 2y agoYou're right. I misinterpreted the article's discussion of a lack of sources talking about the quote as being a lack of sources for the quote.
- yowzadave 2y agoYour link does not support the claim that the Albright quote is apocryphal--it in fact repeats the quote and notes that Albright does not dispute the "half million" figure, and characterizes other attempts to minimize the figure as obsolete and discredited.