Of her sincerity and courage there seems little doubt. Some of her views are hard to credit, including the assertion that interlocking ownership of TV networks, oil companies and arms manufacturers has created a vast web of conspiracy regarding American policy in the Middle East. More compelling, though, are her descriptions of life in Iraq eight years after the Gulf War ended, and the questions her group raises. The Iraq Kelly describes was pinned to the mat by the aerial bombing during the Gulf War and has been held down since by more bombing and sanctions. Water treatment plants, power plants, irrigation systems and food storage facilities remain in ruins, or operate at vastly reduced levels.
Hospitals lack medicine, even clean water.
People lack work. It can take a day to send a fax. And yet when children open a schoolbook, they still kiss the picture of Saddam inside the cover. This is not merely a matter of anecdotes, and you don't have to take Kelly's word for it. The suffering in Iraq is well-documented.