Madeline Albright, the first US female Secretary of State, is dead. And people are celebrating.
I mean, the US government is mourning. Flags are being lowered at half-staff in certain government offices, and Bill Clinton is speaking of her great legacy. But go look at what people are commentating on social media, and her entire legacy seems to be centered around a single interview. An interview which as Newsweek states, has Albright stating that the death of Iraqi children was “worth it” as a result of sanctions.
I come not to praise Albright. I know very little of her career, and really not enough of U.S. foreign policy between the Cold War and 9/11. But I would argue that the fulmination of the humanitarian costs of sanctions is highly concerning given current events.
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