Despite this, the US continues to portray Iraq as some sort of threat to international peace. Certainly not on the cover of Time or Newsweek . Most people don't even know that the US continues to wage an undeclared war against this suffering country. That is no justification for genocide. There is no justification for genocide.
Natural disasters are a fact of life.
When they occur, it is right and moral to do anything in our power as individuals to relieve the suffering. Unnatural disasters like killer sanctions and unjust wars, on the other hand, are fully preventable. If the US government and its kept media were really concerned about the sanctity of life, they would take the first step and stop the killing in Iraq. Rockwell is founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute , and vice president of the Center for Libertarian Studies .