She is a
vile creature and I don't feel like she even deserves common courtesy.
The old
witch (which is essentially what she was and is) had better be careful what she wishes for. If there was real justice,
real international justice and rule of
law, she'd find herself in the dock. She was the diplomatic arm of a regime
that effectively committed genocide in Iraq. I'm speaking not just of her role
as Secretary of State but more specifically of her role as US Ambassador to the
UN from 1993-97.
During her
watch hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died as they were systematically starved,
deprived of medicines and their social infrastructure was destroyed. They were
poisoned by US munitions which infected the soil and water table leading to
birth defects and a spike in cancer rates. It was a great crime only
overshadowed by the 2003 invasion.
Figures like
Denis Halliday and Hans von Sponeck resigned their UN positions refusing to
administer the US backed programme. They watched what was happening and were
appalled. The media gave them little voice and most of the American public
remained clueless about what was happening.
Though I was
based in Italy in the 1990s my base supported and helped to supply the Turkish
bases running the so-called Northern No-Fly Zone which were also the military
means of enforcing the sanctions. I was just then starting to learn that there
were problems and questions concerning this policy. I didn't really come to
understand it until after I was free from the US military. Needless to say upon
realising that indirectly I had been a part of it all, I felt pretty sick and
ashamed. This forced me to re-examine the whole Gulf War and consider the
nature of US actions post 1989.
