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Re: We Should've Listened to Dick Cheney
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:39:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
  
Winning or losing isn’t based on the daily body count.

So you’d consider ANY body count “acceptable” in order to “win” this military action?

Not one death is “acceptable” (YOUR word, not mine).

   And do you think the average Iraqi would have the same answer to that question as you do?

Yes.

What I mean is: if 10 innocents are killed today, and 12 tomorrow, then that doesn’t mean we are suddenly “losing”. And if there are only 2 the following day, we are not suddenly “winning” again. Kapeche?

JOHN



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  Re: We Should've Listened to Dick Cheney
 
(...) Do you have a cite for that? ROSCO (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: We Should've Listened to Dick Cheney
 
(...) Ah! I get it: Not that numbers mean anything. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: We Should've Listened to Dick Cheney
 
(...) So you'd consider ANY body count "acceptable" in order to "win" this military action? And do you think the average Iraqi would have the same answer to that question as you do? ROSCO (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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