As expected, there's no moral outrage here, no condemnation of the perpertrators. Is it because there's not a significant loss of innocent life? No, surely thousands have died for want of food or medicine. Is it because those in power didn't use their influence to secure vast sums of money for themselves and their friends? No, certainly vast sums of money were in the offing and UN officials used their power to get it. Is it because there are no ulterior motives to explain UN lack of desire to move against Saddam Hussein. To the contrary, there is significant reason to believe that those who opposed holding Hussein to his agreement had the most to gain from his hold on power.

The apathy has a much simpler explanation: the US isn't involved.

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