I guess I would add a few more items to the profit column, Like remove a Brutal Dictator, possibly starting to dismantle a major cartel, disrupting terrorist activities, that were going on in certain parts of the country.
By your scale here, I guess you don't think the US did the right thing in Europe in WWII When it becomes OK to fire missiles at the US military how quickly does it become OK to do other things? Like blow up Naval ships, or maybe even attack bases in various countries. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:39 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: It's Official! Iraq Strategy Failed > > > Nick wrote: > > You break it, you bought it. > > > > Let's look at the P&Ls of that logic for invasion: > > Profit > ----------- > No more occasional missiles when flying over Iraq. > > Loss > ----------- > Hundreds of billions in war costs, thousands of lives lost, hundreds > of billions in reconstruction costs. > > During the audit, I guess I would ask if a few missiles here and there > are worth thousands of American lives and a trillion dollars. I would > vote not. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169911 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
