On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 07:36:13PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > I'm not clear on why you believe this.
You did read Dan's post? He made a number of good points about the costs of the Iraq war. The costs he and I are referring to are not just in casualties, they are in opportunity cost in Afghanistan, foreign relations, and in dollars as well. Add in the fact that WMD were not found, and it doesn't look to me like it was worth it. I had thought before the war that things would go better in Iraq and that foreign relations wouldn't suffer as much as they have. Now I see I was wrong about that. My current prediction for a favorable (not great, just okay) outcome in Iraq, long-term, is much less than 50% now. As you say, things are not going well and I don't see any reasonable plan to improve them. But I could be wrong again! -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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