THE 500,000 CHILDREN IN IRAQ

I used LexiNexis to look for mentions on FAUX News of Madeleine Albright stating that the 500,000 children deaths since the beginning of sanctions on Iraq was worth it but all that turned up was a cite of Pat Buchanan decrying this¹:

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PAT BUCHANAN (REF), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But who has killed more innocent Iraqis? Saddam Hussein or UN sanctions?

When Madeleine Albright was told on a television show that a UN study had found that perhaps 500,000 Iraqi children may have died because of our 10 years of sanctions, she responded, quote, "We believe it was worth it," worth it. When did the greatest republic on earth start waging war on children?

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ZAHN: That was Pat Buchanan two weeks ago on the UN sanctions against Iraq.

Pat Buchanan is a paleo-con, so he doesn't reflect the real state of the Noise Machine but Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit does and he was recently extremely critical of the deaths:

Bill Clinton Gassed and Starved Thousands of Children But Has the Nerve to Lecture Tea Party Protesters on Violence & Civility
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:48 AM

In 1996 Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told reporters that Bill Clinton’s policy that resulted in 500,000 dead Iraqi children was worth it.
In a much forgotten exchange between Lesley Stahl and Madeleine Albright on “60 Minutes” back on May 12, 1996:

Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.

Here’s the horrifying video:
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The United Nations estimated that a total of 1 million Iraqi civilians died as result of the sanctions on Iraq.
This tragedy never seemed to bother Bill Clinton and the Left for some reason.

¹Fox News Network
August 22, 2000 Tuesday
SHOW: FOX THE EDGE WITH PAULA ZAHN (22:39)
Investigative Edge
How Much of a Threat is Saddam Hussein?
GUESTS: Scott Ritter, Richard Butler
BYLINE: Paula Zahn
SECTION: News; International
LENGTH: 2111 words