Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
You really believe that. What of the 5 million babies dying each year?
Come on, Gawain - where did you get these numbers from?
Iraq has a population of ca. 30 million with a current birthrate of 30 on 1000 inhabitants (source). There is absolutely no way that your number is even close to reality.
Even if I agree with you that Saddam's Iraq was certainly not "Happy Valley" (although there are certainly various reasons of infant mortality that could be discussed), there should at least be some real(istic) numbers be used as a basis for discussion.