"As recently as September 22, 2005, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, now a presidential candidate, defended the Iraq sanctions when questioned by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman: … "many say that, although President Bush led this invasion, that president Clinton laid the groundwork with the sanctions and with the previous bombing of Iraq. You were President Clinton’s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. … the U.N. sanctions, for example … led to the deaths of more than a half a million children, not to mention more than a million Iraqis."
Governor Richardson: "Well, I stand behind the sanctions. I believe that they successfully contained Saddam Hussein. I believe that the sanctions were an instrument of our policy."
Amy Goodman: "To ask a question that was asked of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Madeleine Albright, do you think the price was worth it, 500,000 children dead?"
Governor Richardson: "Well, I believe our policy was correct, yes."
Bye-bye, Billy!!!!
