If a bank robber gave half his spoils to hungry children....?

[kentuck]

wouldn't the children be better off ? And wouldn't that mean it was not wrong to rob the bank? Isn't that analagous to what Bush claims with his invasion of Iraq? Aren't the Iraqi people better off? Never mind that there was a crime committed, Saddam is gone?

[NewHampshireDem]

1. No, I think what you mean to ask is

"If a bank robber gave half his spoils to a handful of hungry children, then killed the rest of them, wouldn't the surviving children be better off?" And, oh, by 'starving children' you must mean Halliburton, Bechtel ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4395525.stm

Children 'starving' in new Iraq

More and more children in Iraq do not have enough food to eat
Increasing numbers of children in Iraq do not have enough food to eat and more than a quarter are chronically undernourished, a UN report says.

Malnutrition rates in children under five have almost doubled since the US-led invasion - to nearly 8% by the end of last year, it says.

The report was prepared for the annual meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

It also expressed concern over North Korea and Sudan's Darfur province.

Jean Ziegler, a UN specialist on hunger who prepared the report, blamed the worsening situation in Iraq on the war led by coalition forces.

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"The silent daily massacre by hunger is a form of murder," Mr Ziegler said. "It must be battled and eliminated."

So, how exactly is this 'better'?