On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:11:16 -0500, J. Clarke wrote:

> 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?

after we 'helped' iraq right into the ground, the afghanis might not be
eager to receive such help. especially in the form of predator drones.

blake