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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 10:17 AM

    @Baloo

    "1.) A conservative estimate of the number of innocent people killed (not including militants) by Bush's wars so far. 2.) From a humanitarian perspective a figure which dwarfs all the other figures given in this article.

    100,000 people is roughly equivalent to:"

    Is that less humane than the 567,000 Iraqi children under five who died as a result of Clinton's sanctions?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIX1CP9qr4&feature=channel_page

    If you view the video, by "it," Albright is referring to disarming Saddam.

    BTW, bin Laden cited those deaths in 1997 and said he would send Clinton "messages with no words" in response.

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