SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jlallen who wrote (135245)6/1/2004 10:27:01 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I am quite sure the US military is doing all it can to minimize the risks........

Oh, come on, JLA, this is government you're talking about. By their very nature, bureaucracies never do all they can to do anything.

No doubt they are well intentioned, if that's what you mean.

Not that long ago, WWI, generals thought that anything less than 10% friendly fire casualties meant that the war wasn't being prosecuted aggressively enough.