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The Tribune’s Jan. 16 editorial asserts that sanctions against Iraq have not worked, but they have: Since the Gulf War, Iraq has not attacked any of its neighbors. Iraq can use oil revenues to purchase food and medicine under the sanctions but has chosen not to make these resources available to its people.
Lifting the sanctions would only enable Saddam Hussein to spend more money on weapons of mass destruction while continuing to prevent inspections.
We should respectfully suggest to so-called moderate Arab allies that oppose sanctions that they shift their venom from the U.S. and Israel to the true enemies of peace in the Middle East–Iraq and Iran.
