Return of the Talking Point of the Day

[lollardfish]

The Pentagon has said that they killed 4 terrorists in Pakistan with their recent missle strike, although they admit that they did not hit Al-Qaeda's #2 man.

I want the Pentagon to work on their math, although I know it's hard.

Look at the mass protests in Pakistan. Thousands of thousands of people marching, shouting, 'Death to America.' Now not all of those people will become terrorists, but ...

Is the number 4 greater than or less than the number of new terrorists we just helped create?

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Sigh. Too true.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I'm a little less clear on whether killing the #2 man of Al-Qaeda would have been worth it. It depends on how much operational control/detail he knows that isn't replicated elsewhere, I guess.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

The problem there is, of course, that apparently whoever ordered the strike thought that the #2 man was there. The decision of whether it's worth it or not has to be made ahead of time, and should be (but I fear, isn't always) made on the basis of all foreseeable outcomes.

[facilisfool.livejournal.com]

Good point, and well said. Of course, there's also the much less important side effect that even among the die-hard right wingers, the current administration and hence the entire party, is losing ground by leaps and bounds, and even our normally complacent populace is suddenly getting irked enough to complain. Not worth the cost, but at least it's something.

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