One Person Dead, a Tragedy; A Million Dead, a Statistic

from Ron Paul Institute:

Recent police killings of unarmed individuals and the recent tragedy in South Carolina are horrific and they result in obsessive 24/7 media coverage. Isn’t it strange that the thousands killed and maimed as a result of our aggressive foreign policy worldwide do not get nearly the same level of scrutiny? Is Stalin correct that mass killing is easier to ignore than a handful of individual cases? Or was Secretary of State Madeline Albright correct when she said that 500,000 dead Iraqis from US sanctions was “worth it” — in other words just collateral damage or a mere statistic in the move to be rid of Saddam? Today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report takes a look at these awkward questions: