On Nov 17, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> I remember an interview in 60 minutes to Condy NoRiceForYou some time
> ago. She was told the afghan embargo killed (hunger) some thousands of
> children, and was asked if it was worth the cost. She said yes, it is
> worth it. This leads to two reflections i) you don't have to have
> fishhooks under your nails to be extremely pressured, and ii) you
> can't
> complain if those people decide that killing a few thousands and
> thrashing a couple of towers is also worth the cost.
That doesn't compute in the American Mindset. The equation has to
take into account that the lives of US citizens are precious, whereas
those of other nations are near worthless (if they are allies), or
completely worthless (if they are not allies). So thousands of Afghan
lives times a value of zero means that it certainly *was* worth it.
But thousands of US lives times priceless... well, now you can see
how she can make such statements.
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