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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (148655)11/26/2005 9:15:33 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 793670
 
I look at it this way. Since 911, we have freed fifteen million Afghans and thirty five million Iraqis. To me, it's worth the blood and treasure we have spent to accomplish that.

Before the war, I listened to all the arguments. Freeing the Iraqis was the best reason for attacking Iraq that I heard, the only good reason that I heard. But I didn't think it was good enough given everything on the other side of the ledger.

After the war started, I came upon the seeding-democracy rationale. I studied that carefully, clipped a bunch of arguments for it, and discussed it at length with you and Nadine and others. Had that been the argument made for the war, I might have bought in. Hard to tell in retrospect.

As far as it being worth it, you do not yet know what it will cost or even it the Iraqis will end up in a better place so you can not yet assess whether it was worth it. TWT.
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