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To: puborectalis who wrote (652036)	4/20/2012 12:27:30 AM
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Iraq War cost well over four thousand U.S. dead along with several tens of thousands wounded and otherwise bearing the scars of war; vastly larger numbers of Iraqi civilians killed, maimed, and displaced; and at least a trillion dollars expended -- probably several times that by the time the last bill comes due decades from now. Recalling that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and alleged ties to al-Qaeda both turned out to be all but non-existent, a Churchillian verdict on the war might read thusly: Seldom in the course of human history have so many sacrificed so dearly to achieve so little. I'm always perplexed by liberals focus on the cost of war. Of course, all wars take a toll in lives and that's tragic but it is a cost we bear as the only world superpower. The idea that the dollar cost (something less than a trillion, but perhaps approaching that in the end). The Iraq War was relatively inexpensive in terms of dollars, when everything is considered. The lives lost are a tragic cost that can't be valued, as in all wars. But it was a reasonable undertaking in the circumstances, and that is what matters. That no WMD were found is happenstance; Saddam had possessed and used WMD before, and we know that plans for reconstitution of WMD programs, including nuclear, were found, so we know that had he remained in office that ultimately would have happened. And for the intervening years he would have continued to destabilize the entire region which simply was not acceptable. Besides, every few months the US military was having to drop everything and rush over to the Persian Gulf to resolve some act of belligerence on Saddam's part. Which had a substantial cost as well as the cost of just making us look foolish. When we decided to go to war -- a decision that was reached with the support of almost every important liberal in Washington, DC, including everyone from both Clintons to Reid and Pelosi, the commitment was made. The liberals had the luxury of backing down after it got difficult, but the president had no such luxury. George Bush showed political courage that is unrivaled in modern times. The Left turned to chickenshit within days of the invasion. Which is about all they can be counted on for.