United Nations Conflict Term Paper

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1998 edition of the Christian Century, Todd David Whitmore writes, "The U.S. may move at some point to bomb Iraq, and do so claiming that any shedding of innocent blood is on Hussein's hands. But if it does, it is important that it does so without support from those who live under the cross." Now that Whitmore's prediction has come true and the United States has gone ahead and bombed Iraq, the United Nations conflict over the Iraqi sanctions may be at an end. However, new conflicts will certainly arise, over the self-determination of the Iraqi people vs. The interest of the paternalistic and hegemonic United States.


Whitmore's article focuses on the moral implications of the sanctions. The author discusses the complexity of the conflict as it manifests in the United Nations. On the one hand, Saddam Hussain has perpetrated murder and worse on thousands, indeed millions of Iraqi people, especially the Kurds. Hussain is no saint. On the other hand, the United States-imposed sanctions have killed an estimated 500,000 people, half of whom are children under five. Whitmore notes that both sides claim….....

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