

>What's more, the trivial benefit to the US from making more money from

>oil is strongly outweighed by the human cost to the civilians in

>countries where the US military is taking these actions. Surely

>comparatively minor interests such as economic or political interests

>must take second place to the value of human lives, regardless of the

>geographical locations of the different persons involved.

>

>



Interestingly enough, the whole scenario takes on a different feel if you

replace Iraq with, say, Poland, or Austria. "Today, United States Coalition

forces began bombing Warsaw...."



Suddenly for a lot of people who find it find to bomb Baghdad, it sounds kind

of uncomfortable when it's a European city.



jms



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