Tony Blair And The Child Mortality Rate In Iraq

The vulpine twister's comment to the Chilcot Inquiry on just how far the child mortality rate in Iraq has fallen since the invasion reminds one that depleted uranium weapons used in Desert Storm and UN sanctions in its aftermath were among the reasons why it was so high to begin with.

The classic definition of 'chutzpah' is for a man to kill his parents and then plead for mercy because he is an orphan - but being complicit in the deaths of thousands of children through sanctions and then claiming the credit for the child mortality rate going down because you've killed more of them comes pretty close.

Maybe they should have got with the program sooner; but then again, maybe we should have been less inhumane.