The next time someone tells you that the war on Iraq was justified in spite of everything, because it was supposedly a humanitarian intervention, show them this. The whole article is heartbreaking -- and inspires rage.
Chaos and War Leave Iraq's Hospitals in Ruins
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
February 14, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 13 -- At Baghdad's Central Teaching Hospital for Children, gallons of raw sewage wash across the floors. The drinking water is contaminated. According to doctors, 80 percent of patients leave with infections they did not have when they arrived. ...