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KEEPING SCORE

Donald M. Heavrin http://www.lrni.us

Every time I swear off about writing about the war, something will happen that aggravates me to such an extent that I feel compelled to return to the subject.  This past weekend, about 70 people died when a car bomb blew up in a marketplace in Baghdad.  Eight of our finest died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.  These episodes beg the question, ‘What on Earth are we doing, and what do we think we are accomplishing by participating in this madness?’

On February 16^th, the newspaper carried a story about $10 billion being squandered on the Iraq reconstruction.  First we cause the destruction, then we attempt reconstruction. The same day, the evening news carried a story that said we had cut out $130 million in cancer research.  For the money we have spent on this destructive war, we could have provided prescription medicine for the elderly without having to have nine separate programs, none of which anyone can understand, and we would be well on our way to funding research that would inexorably lead to cures of some of the diseases that daunt humanity.  

While all of this is going on, Congress is unable to pass a non-binding resolution suggesting that we not send any additional troops into the mouth of the canon. 

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