To interject briefly; (sorry to interrupt) >Look how much money George Bush wasted on the Gulf War and >never once even >considered just killing Hussein. You want to start a war? Fine. But start >off by >killing the person who you have the disagreement with to begin with. >Anything >less is gutless and irresponsible. I would give credence to the idea that War has mutated over the years to say the least - perhaps from the Orange of World War II to the Apple of the Gulf War. (And Vietnam somewhere in-between) If you'll notice, most of the recent American wars are fought from computer terminals, and American casualties are few enough to print on a two page spread in TIME. Foreign casualties are another story... >The only reason we allow it, though, Hmmmm....dunno about that. >is >because war is the best thing in the world for the economy, paradoxes >being what >they are these days. I believe this is attributed to what we call in the business "The broken window fallacy".