[Leica] reality according to the soldier's

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

Quoth the George :

> I agree. Yet, when will we learn that mass killing and destruction 
> does not provide a reasonable solution to mass killing and 
> destruction. The numbers of dead and maimed and jailed and tortured 
> since the invasion of Iraq now equal or surpass the numbers 
> attributed to the regime we toppled. So what's the point? I'm not a 
> believer in "the end justifying the means."

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Mass killing and destruction, whether from war, disaster, or any 
other means, is always terribly expensive to society.  If, however, 
you're well placed and connected into the proper nodes, it can be 
tremendously profitable for certain particular segments OF society, 
or individuals within.  Unfortunately, it seems that some of those 
who are at least notionally charged with stopping or preventing such 
events, or mitigating their effects, are among those best positioned 
to profit from them... and they almost always come down on the side 
of self interest.

but that's probably forum fodder....--


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