> RoMunn wrote: > Against all predictions, Iraq is a success story - and you want to talk > about metrics. You sound like a bean counter. >
There's so much wrong with that small statement it's hard to know where to start, but I'll be succinct: (1.) If it was "against all predictions" then the US should NEVER have done it in the first place. (2.) The most amoral thing a government can do is ask people to die for an ill-defined purpose with little chance of success (if only due to the fact that it's not defined nor measurable nor is a plan in place to achieve it. (3.) All human pursuits are financial or boil down to financials. If my bean counting save US lives, then I'm happy to provide that service for our volunteers. Iraq is most extreme form of liberal government waste in decades, and that only speaks to the money. Beyond that are the dead americans and unintended consequences to the nation and world. It's unconscionable to ask contracted volunteers to die for a gamble with a dreamy infinite objective and no measures. I wouldn't wish that on an enemy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
