George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard all profess to be good Christians and speak long, and often, of values, decency, making Iraq a better place without Saddam etc. etc. So, what does the Iraq War show and tell us? - other than what has been wrought on the country Iraq, and its people, is a travesty of monumental proportions. These 3 leaders of the Coalition of the Willing stand sorely and strongly condemned for what they have wrought on by the war initiated and prosecuted by them.
The plight of the Iraqis, this time its children, is revealed in this piece in The Independent [reproduced on Information Clearing House]:
"The desperate plight of children who are dying in Iraqi hospitals for the lack of simple equipment that in some cases can cost as little as 95p is revealed today in a letter signed by nearly 100 eminent doctors.
They are backed by a group of international lawyers, who say the conditions in hospitals revealed in their letter amount to a breach of the Geneva conventions that require Britain and the US as occupying forces to protect human life.
In a direct appeal to Tony Blair, the doctors describe desperate shortages causing "hundreds" of children to die in hospitals. The signatories include Iraqi doctors, British doctors who have worked in Iraqi hospitals, and leading UK consultants and GPs.
"Sick or injured children who could otherwise be treated by simple means are left to die in hundreds because they do not have access to basic medicines or other resources," the doctors say. "Children who have lost hands, feet and limbs are left without prostheses. Children with grave psychological distress are left untreated," they add."
One must ask. Where are the consciences of Bush, Blair and Howard? - do they have one? - as the ongoing war in Iraq does so much damage to its people. After all they didn't seek the toppling of Saddam, let alone a war [remember the awefully, but aptly named "Shock and Awe" offensive at the beginning of the invasion?].
The plight of the Iraqis, this time its children, is revealed in this piece in The Independent [reproduced on Information Clearing House]:
"The desperate plight of children who are dying in Iraqi hospitals for the lack of simple equipment that in some cases can cost as little as 95p is revealed today in a letter signed by nearly 100 eminent doctors.
They are backed by a group of international lawyers, who say the conditions in hospitals revealed in their letter amount to a breach of the Geneva conventions that require Britain and the US as occupying forces to protect human life.
In a direct appeal to Tony Blair, the doctors describe desperate shortages causing "hundreds" of children to die in hospitals. The signatories include Iraqi doctors, British doctors who have worked in Iraqi hospitals, and leading UK consultants and GPs.
"Sick or injured children who could otherwise be treated by simple means are left to die in hundreds because they do not have access to basic medicines or other resources," the doctors say. "Children who have lost hands, feet and limbs are left without prostheses. Children with grave psychological distress are left untreated," they add."
One must ask. Where are the consciences of Bush, Blair and Howard? - do they have one? - as the ongoing war in Iraq does so much damage to its people. After all they didn't seek the toppling of Saddam, let alone a war [remember the awefully, but aptly named "Shock and Awe" offensive at the beginning of the invasion?].
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