Reply #27: The criticism of that specific comment is unfair

[sandnsea]

Her point at that time was they were attempting to avoid a fuller war or worse catastrophies caused by an Iraq with WMD. That was her only point at the time. Not that the children's deaths were acceptable, but that the overall sanctioning of Iraq was worth it if it avoided fuller war and ended all WMD programs in Iraq. It was a terrible mistake on her part and she owns it.

Now, I think they were just as obsessed in regards to Iraq and WMD as the Bushes were. I believe John Edwards when he says he listened to the Clinton people on Iraq. I believe the IWR vote was the Clinton's strategy, 100%. I believe she actually supported the war, not just the inspections as she tries to pretend. I don't believe she will change ME foreign policy one iota. That is the key reason I don't support them. BUT, that doesn't mean I have to believe that Albright seriously meant she thought the lives of 500,000 children were irrelevant. I know her background and there is just no way she meant to say that.