Artwork Inspired by Deryk's Trip

"We Feel That the Price was Worth It"
Size: 36" by 36"

Title: "We feel that the price was worth it" (A CBS Sixty Minutes interview between Leslie Stahl and U.S. Secretary of State Madelein Albright, on 12 May 1996)

Leslie Stahl: "We have heard that a half million children have died (as a result of sanctions against Iraq). I mean, that is more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"

Albright replied:

"I think this is a very hard choice, but the price, We feel that the price was worth it." Jean Chretien, Canada's Prime Minister and Lloyd Axworthy have supported these sanctions, along with William Clinton, Tony Blair, Koffi Annan, William Cohen and a host of other leaders. The above image, shows a sea of cars racing across the bodies of the dead and dying faces of two Iraqi children. Our desperate need to control an oil supply, hides the pain and suffering of the people of Iraq whose lives are shattered by the sanctions. Many thousands of children have died painful deaths without painkillers. The surrounding characters, represent our society and it's fixation with heros who solve problems by violence and in quick and easy, heroic ways.

"Crimes Against Humanity; the Iraqi Children"
Acrylic on seven canvas panels, 168" width by 96" height