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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >, says...
>
> Dora wrote:
> >
> > Quit this damned war - the British long ago, then
> > the Russians, and now the US couldn't win. Bring the boys home.
>
>
> Amen, sister.

Ten times as many Americans are killed by drunk drivers every year than
died in the _entire_ US involvement in Afghanistan. Four times as many
Americans die every year in bicycle accidents than die in Afghanistan.

Why is it OK for those many Americans to die in the name of having fun,
but not OK for a much smaller number to die in the course of trying to
help somebody?