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Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom

ttj1776 · 293.4K views · 2012-05-02 · 0:24

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A short video promoting the claim that Madeleine Albright said the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children from sanctions were 'worth it', timed to her receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It reuses a 1996 Sixty Minutes interview clip.

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Cited in political threads as an example of US sanctions harming civilians and of officials being honored regardless.

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lustysocietyorg · 2019-05 · Reference

There are countless examples of efforts trying to hide information from the public and of promotion of FUD against other people. Macron vows to tighten media control because 'fake news threatens democracy' (2018-01-04). [LINK] SIX MILLION JEWS 1915-1938. [LINK] ON CONTACT: CRUCIFYING JULIAN ASSANGE (2018-11-24) time 798. [LINK] Assange Exposes Democrat Fascists, Torturers & Warmongers (2019-04-15). [LINK] Glorification of US war criminals by US politicians. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO] Hague Tribunal Exonerates Slobodan Milosevic Again (2017-12-17). [LINK] How U.K. Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It (2018-02-17). [LINK] Quote 1: The Belgacom breach sparked outrage in Europe’s political institutions and made global headlines. But Belgium’s effort to identify the spies responsible and hold them accountable faced roadblocks at almost every turn. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, refused to assist. Prosecutors overseeing the case feared triggering a major diplomatic dispute and were reluctant to pursue it aggressively. Meanwhile, British spies tried to destroy the evidence. Quote 2: “We wanted to show that as a small country, we would not be bullied,” said a source close to the investigation. “But we were fighting against two big cyberarmies from the U.K. and the U.S. We knew we could never win this.”

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lustysocietyorg · 2019-05 · Reference

True. << The idea that one can be trusted over the other is utterly naive, >> At least the modern China is not known for war crimes (with hundreds of thousands of dead people) and destruction of countries. Example of war crimes: Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom (2012-05-02). [VIDEO] U.S. Has Spent Six Trillion Dollars on Wars That Killed Half a Million People Since 9/11, Report Says (2018-11-14). [LINK] Quote: Overall, researchers estimated that "between 480,000 and 507,000 people have been killed in the United States’ post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan." This toll "does not include the more than 500,000 deaths from the war in Syria, raging since 2011" when a West-backed rebel and jihadi uprising challenged the government, an ally of Russia and Iran. Example of cyber crime: How U.K. Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It (2018-02-17). [LINK] Quote 1: The Belgacom breach sparked outrage in Europe’s political institutions and made global headlines. But Belgium’s effort to identify the spies responsible and hold them accountable faced roadblocks at almost every turn. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, refused to assist. Prosecutors overseeing the case feared triggering a major diplomatic dispute and were reluctant to pursue it aggressively. Meanwhile, British spies tried to destroy the evidence. Quote 2: “We wanted to show that as a small country, we would not be bullied,” said a

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lustysocietyorg · 2019-05 · Reference

There are no good checks and balances in the USA. In the USA, evil is promoted openly and without shame. Proofs: [LINK] [LINK] Hillary & Bernie Blow Smoke Up McCain's A After Death (2018-08-27). [LINK] Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom (2012-05-02). [VIDEO] Assange Exposes Democrat Fascists, Torturers & Warmongers (2019-04-15). [LINK] Democrats Praise War Criminal Mattis (2019-01-19). [LINK] Mike Pompeo reveals true motto of CIA: 'We lied, we cheated, we stole' (2019-04-21), time 222. [LINK]

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