CBS - 60 Minutes: Madeleine Albright on Iraq Sanctions
1996, May 12th: "Killing half a million children was worth it". Albright was then the US ambassador to the UN.
Unfortunately, the interview was clipped and re-arranged for screening. It seems that the full statement was:
LESLEY STAHL: "...We have heard that a half a million children have died. I mean that's more children than died when-wh-in- in Hiroshima. And- and, you know, is the price worth it?"
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it... It is a moral question. but the moral question is even a larger one. Don't we owe to the American people and to the American military and to the other countries in the region that this man not be a threat?"
STAHL: "Even with the starvation and the lack..."
ALBRIGHT: "I think, Lesley--it is hard for me to say this because I am a humane person, but my first responsibility is to make sure that United States forces do not have to go and refight the Gulf War."
Very bad quality.
LESLEY STAHL: "...We have heard that a half a million children have died. I mean that's more children than died when-wh-in- in Hiroshima. And- and, you know, is the price worth it?"
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it... It is a moral question. but the moral question is even a larger one. Don't we owe to the American people and to the American military and to the other countries in the region that this man not be a threat?"
STAHL: "Even with the starvation and the lack..."
ALBRIGHT: "I think, Lesley--it is hard for me to say this because I am a humane person, but my first responsibility is to make sure that United States forces do not have to go and refight the Gulf War."
Very bad quality.
| Source: TV | Language: english | Year: 1996 | Size: 1M |
| Duration: 0:00:24 | fps: 15 | Width: 160 | Height: 120 |
| Video Codec: microsoft video 1 (CRAM/MSVC) | Video Bitrate: 334k | Audio Codec: uncompressed pcm | Audio Bitrate: 86k |
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Open Directory: "Economic Sanction Iraq"
Provides some further links
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zpub.com: Albright Biography
Short biography, with critical links
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FAIR.org: "We Think the Price Is Worth It"
Media uncurious about Iraq policy's effects - there or here
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Counterpunch Sep 25st, 2001: Was It Really Worth It, Mrs. Albright?
Interesting analysis by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
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Al-Bushra Archives: Albright and Iraq
Transcript of '60 Minutes' episode as screened
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