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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] Yes SImon I have thought about that and times have indeed changed. During the American Civil War there could be thousands of combat deaths in a single day, and while horrible, it did not deture Lincoln from pursuing his course. On the other hand, in the west especially, and in America, the human life has high value placed on it. I was watching [i]Black Hawk Down[/i] the other day and at the end they rolled some numbers that said 19 Americans had been killed and that 1000 Solami's had died. Clearly these are hugely different numbers, but the deaths caused a change in American policy and helped to bring on the right-wing backlash against "nation-building." In fact, Mr. Bush said this on the subject: [QUOTE]Let me tell you what else I'm worried about: I'm worried about an opponent who uses nation building and the military in the same sentence. See, our view of the military is for our military to be properly prepared to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place. From a [URL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6853-2003Feb26?language=printer]Washington Post[/URL] story.[/QUOTE]Funny thing is, that is exactly what we are doing now. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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