Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom
Overview
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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Video by ttj1776, played through YouTube.
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