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Highly Recommended: Michele Catalano: The March to War and Back

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goddamnedfrank3/19/2013 5:59:04 pm PDT

re: #336 stabby

Look, I’m trying dislodge the idea that there is such a thing as an easy, safe, moral position. Simple rules we can follow and be sure that we’re doing the right thing.

An estimated 134K Iraqi civilians dead from hostilities, multiples of that number dead by disease and other add on effects. Almost 4.5K US service members killed. and 3.4K contractors, multiples of those numbers as amputees or with other long term disabilities such as traumatic brain injuries. Long term cost estimated in the trillions of dollars. All of this imminently predictable.

But, hey, eggs / omelets amiright?