Withdrawal: less painful now than later
Cato Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter
11/28/06
Except when the survival of the nation is at stake, all military missions must be judged according to a cost-benefit calculation. Iraq has never come close to being a war for America's survival. It was an elective war -- a war of choice, and a bad choice at that. How much are Americans willing to pay in blood, treasure and toil to try to prevail in Iraq? The costs have already been staggering. We have spent more than $340 billion, and the meter is running at more than $7 billion a month. The loss of life is even more horrific. Nearly 2,900 American troops have perished, and the Iraqi government estimates that 150,000 of its citizens have died in the carnage. And there is no end in sight...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6788
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
by Ted Galen Carpenter
11/28/06
Except when the survival of the nation is at stake, all military missions must be judged according to a cost-benefit calculation. Iraq has never come close to being a war for America's survival. It was an elective war -- a war of choice, and a bad choice at that. How much are Americans willing to pay in blood, treasure and toil to try to prevail in Iraq? The costs have already been staggering. We have spent more than $340 billion, and the meter is running at more than $7 billion a month. The loss of life is even more horrific. Nearly 2,900 American troops have perished, and the Iraqi government estimates that 150,000 of its citizens have died in the carnage. And there is no end in sight...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6788
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
rudkla - 28. Nov, 15:13
