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Originally Posted by octothorp
It might reach a point where life is better in 2015 than it was in 1995. But even then, the question will always be whether that improvement in life was worth a decade of upheaval and tens or possibly hundreds of thousands of dead. Telling an Iraqi that he has a better standard of living now (or will have, in the future) is little consolation for the death of his brothers and sisters. At this point, Iraq could be transformed into Eden itself and I doubt the Iraqis would consider it a fair trade-off.
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Really?
I'm guessing their are plenty of peoples throughout history who have been through similar or worse and would say it was more than a fair trade off.
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