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Originally posted by sgtclub
So you are essentially doing a cost/benefit analysis, correct? If so, isn't to early to calculate the benefits? Meaning, aren't the costs coming up front with the benefits to be realized in the next 5, 10 or 30 years?
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Unless we make dramatic progress really soon in finding a way to incubate democracy in Iraq, the long-term costs will exceed the long-term benefits. At least, that's my view (and I think it is a conservative one, in the Burkean sense).
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