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To: jttmab who wrote (185612)	4/25/2006 4:31:47 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) of 281500

The number of Americans killed is a fraction of those greviously wounded, suffering from lifelong PTSD and the families and friends and colleagues of same. This is the problem with a corporate war like this. 1. The number of contractors both US and not isn't tallied. 2. The number of wounded and how greviously they are wounded isn't really discussed. 3. The number of dead and wounded and destroyed Iraqis is hidden. As with all things, one person dying for a thing like this is too many. Ten thousand people dying for a worthwhile cause can be justified...maybe not to them but at least to their families. I've never bought the argument that it's ok for the military to die just because they volunteered for the job. Cops and firefighters volunteer for their jobs as well, does that mean they can get killed willy nilly and can never complain about what happens to them? Whereas I think most cops are boneheaded thugs, I still don't think it means their lives aren't worth some reasonable level of protection. The military doesn't volunteer to die for no reason. The military volunteer for a job that usually includes NOT DYING. The only comparison between FDR and Dubyette is the comparison between possibly the greatest president in US History and the worst president in US history. I heard that if Iraq continues, and it will, through the end of this year, it will be as long a conflict as WWII. That means while FDR helped defeat a heavily industrialized imperialistic worldwide force, Dubyette is stuck in a third world country devastated by decades of war and sanctions. To say that he's inept gives inept people a bad name. Democracy is about voting. Capitalism is about providing the best products/services to a thoroughly informed, thoroughly free-to-choose clientele. There is nothing democratic or capitalistic about BigOil which is why they simply buy politicians to get their corporate welfare and not worry about the quality of their product. Ditto BigPharma, BigFinance, BigWalMart...it's much easier to be thoroughly corrupt than be a true capitalist. Republicans are inept in everything including understanding basic economics. :)

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