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Heh, obviously you must be right if I am an idiot and shit. I'll take your word for that no problem.

I believe the embargos made the situation in Iraq worse, and that it only fueled Saddam's propaganda machinery. The embargos were to Iraqis the proof that the western world was wging war on them, and on Islam. Of course Saddam was responsible for starving these people, I am just saying that the embargos made it even easier for him to control the country, while harming innocents at the same time. Saddam and his mates didn't starve and die because of the poverty, ordinary innocent citizens did. Any supposed symbolic effect would be lost to the Arabic countries, as their leaders would explain to them how the embargos were the manifestation of western hate for the Islamic world. You need to see the big picture here. Who suffered fromt the embargos, who profited, and what were the outcome. My claim is that innocents sufferend, Saddam profited, and the outcome was a humanitarian catasrophe.

Edit: To put it short: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.