Death of Madeleine Albright; A diplomat who was satisfied with the death of Iraqi children.
Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died at the age of 84.
Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died of cancer on Wednesday night (March 23rd).
CNN reports that Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of State to help guide Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old at the time of her death.
Albright was a key figure in the administration of former US President Bill Clinton, who first served as US ambassador to the United Nations and later served as a senior diplomat during her second term. She supported NATO expansion.
Albright advocated for the deaths of Iraqi children as a result of Washington sanctions in an interview with CBSW in May 1996, when she was US Representative to the United Nations.
“We have heard that half a million (Iraqi) children have died, more than the number of children killed in the (US nuclear attack on Hiroshima),” a CBS correspondent told Albright. “Was the price paid worth it?”
In response to this question, Madeleine Albright supported the death of 500,000 innocent Iraqi children as a result of US sanctions. “I think this is a very difficult choice, but we think the price paid was worth it,” she said.
