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Re: Help me with the math
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:55:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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I agree that soldiers put themselves in harm’s way, but one would hope that
they wouldn’t be pointlessly put at risk as they have been in this case.
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You don’t really believe that it was pointless. Do you? Bush had reasons
for doing what he did. You (and I!) just disagree with the felicity of his
reasons. You have, in the past, given room for either evil or incompetence as
the explanation of his motives. But I really don’t think there’s any
evidence for the incompetence hypothesis. His team knows exactly what’s
going on.
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Really?
They knew in advance that these fanatics and insurgents would be emboldened? I
think you have to be pretty machavellian to see how that would actually be of
any benefit to anyone, enough that you would deliberately plot for that outcome.
Also why were they saying this would be a walk?
No, I think the old aphorism applies... “Never ascribe to malice that which is
adequately explained by stupidity”
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Actually, I didn't mean at that level of detail. I don't think Bush particularly cares at the trouble. (I mean, I'm sure he'd rather that headache would go away, but that's life.) He was willing to start the war with the associated risks (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) You don't really believe that it was pointless. Do you? Bush had reasons for doing what he did. You (and I!) just disagree with the felicity of his reasons. You have, in the past, given room for either evil or incompetence as the explanation (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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