Shocking Tally of Iraq Civilian Causalities

[Occhidiangela]

"Pottery (I am guessing you refer to the museum looting that was an inside job) protection during combat cannot and is not a priority military mission, and the politicians did not resource that effort as though it were a high priority."

(I'll probably get to a more detailed reply later. Needless to say, I agree with you on many points. You were, and remain, a voice of experience and sanity here. I just wish those with your caution had carried the day.)

No, the pottery thing was Powell's Pottery Barn Rule: You break it, you pay for it. They broke a nation of 26 million people, the "pieces of mesopotamian pottery". Now all the President's horses and all the President's men can't put Iraq back together again.

-Jester

Edit: corrected an error in the PBR.
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Nice metaphor. Not sure if you are right, at the moment things look rather hosed to those of us being fed by various media sources with varying foci. We shall see.

At the moment, I am betting neither the over nor the under, in fact, I'm not betting at all. I'm watching, wondering, and gritting my teeth.

Occhi