> tBone wrote: > What is the foreign policy we are currently pursuing? Stability and > security.
All fair points ... but, overlooking the criminally negligent lack of preparedness, stability and security is not a foreign policy. The policy question is what, if any, involvement should we have in Iraq and why? That's the "what" and "why", then there's the "how" and how to we pay for it. None of this has been budgeted for nor was foreseen (at least by Bush). Remember Wolfy telling everyone that oil would pay for it? Further, if Iraqi stability and security are goals of the unstated foreign policy, what is the timeline and what are the performance metrics, projected costs, and, most importantly, ROI? And how does that business case compare with the opportunity costs (NPV) of doing nothing? Because I'd be willing to bet that if you did the analysis it says that: 1.) We shouldn't have gone in the first place, 2.) For every year we are there, we should've left the year before, and 3.) "Iraq" is not cohesive country and, therefore, the entire premise is flawed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234733 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
