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To: Donaldm who wrote (12799)	12/15/2003 11:43:38 PM
From: Michael Grosz	Read Replies (1) of 17683

Donaldm, Your argument is a a total cop-out and extremely intellectually lazy. First, If Cheney (and his "rich oil field buddies") wanted to make real coin he would have stayed in the private sector. He accepted a major pay cut to become the VP. He now makes less than $150K/year. Compare that to his salary as CEO (almost certainly 7 figures). I believe the best word to describe Cheney's actions is "altruism". Second, it is incredibly difficult (perhaps impossible) to value human lives against an objective deemed to be in the national interest. How many lives was it worth to get rid of Hitler? How many lives was it worth to prevent the southern states from seceding from the Union, or to stop ethnic cleansing in Bosnia? How many lives is it worth to save the environment, or put an end to abortion, or gun ownership? In each case, a leader must gather the best estimates (regarding how many casualties are expected for any given plan), and then make a decision that can only be unimaginably difficult. Rumor has it that GHW Bush was told to expect over 10,000 casualties during the first Gulf War in 1991, and still he decided to go ahead. We can only thank God and our Armed Forces that this was not accurate.

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