Gulf War in the early 90s, as soon as the war started we destroyed a bunch of critical civilian infrastructure that we knew they'd need imports to fix and then sanctioned them afterward to prevent them from acquiring the goods needed for repairs.

500,000 kids died as a result in the years between the two wars. Madeleine Albright said it was worth it. :amerikkka:

EDIT: For more, listen to s1 of Blowback