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As so often, you have misread something whose plain meaning should be obvious: I was simply pointing out that a) fairly assessing a policy that has already been implemented means considering what might have happened if the policy hadn't been implemented, or if some other policy had been tried...

[/b] Your opinion. Other observers differ - and refer to diverse events in Israel, Syria, Iran, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, among other places. Part of the problem with any such assessment is that we cannot know what we would be dealing with if the Administration had not pursued the...

The poll asks a silly question, at least from the perspective of meaningful polling: The reflex answer is to affirm that no casualty is "acceptable" and that something should be done to reduce whatever number of casualties there are. The accompanying impulse is to choose whatever answer best...

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I'd say it's worked so far, but that would be overselling the policy at what may be an early stage in its unfolding. There are clear costs - terrible human costs and financial ones as well - but the strategic justifications vis-a-vis the war on terror include, though are not limited to, the...

http://www.europundits.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_europundits_archive.html#105669056374919438

No, the statement he made that started this side discussion was that, paraphrasing here, no one could deny that the key officials of the Bush Admnistration were worse than Hitler and his top leaders. [b] I have no idea what you seem to presume everyone who's in-the-know believes about...

A decently educated ten-year-old shouldn't have too much difficulty making the argument. "Class, write a paragraph explaining why an isolated incident in one war isn't the same as the Holocaust. Bonus points if you can describe the difference between World War II and the fighting in...

That you would even bother to defend as sickening and pathetic a statement as the claim that the Bush Administration is worse than the Third Reich puts the idea of arguing with you about anything beneath consideration. No doubt there are several people here who agree with your individual...

It was easy. Anyone who could write something like "rumsfeld and cheney et al are no better than himmler, goehring, and hitler and there's no way anyone can deny that" is easy to despise.

In fact, I've got some extra space to be ashamed of you just for being a fellow human being, regardless of nationality.

Don't worry about it. We can be ashamed that you're an American for you.

Marine Recon? Much respect and thank you for your service. Don't be taken in by Candletrader. I wonder if you read the British report from Fallujah that Madison linked. As a veteran, would you say there's anything surprising about soldiers who've been doing hard and dangerous duty...

Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Math in 1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? Teaching...

I'm glad it works for you. It may be that what would have been the "else" condition is irrelevant to what you're working on or that some other element in the entry signal keeps it from mattering. The problem that you may run into when using flags - and that you can sometimes handle directly...

I don't fully understand what you're trying to achieve, but it sounds like you need a True/False "flag" along the lines of: If Condition1 and Condition2 then TrendChange = True else TrendChange = False; or If Condition1 and Condition2 then TrendChange = True; If Condition3 then...

I mostly agree with hapaboy, though I'm agnostic about the inevitability of further 9/11-like events, and I have no idea how long we should expect acts of terror to continue. Since I'm sitting here waiting for the FOMC announcement, and there's nothing I want to trade, I'll blather on for a...

June 24, 2003 Iraqi Info Minister Denies He's Been Captured (2003-06-24) -- Muhammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, the former Iraqi Information Minister, denied reports in a British newspaper that he has been captured. "I am not wearing these handcuffs," said Mr. al-Sahhaf during a collect call to an...

I'm pretty sure that UFO evidence has been covered up for the sake of oil profits. It's pretty obvious that if we gained access to superior alien transportation technologies, that would be the beginning of the end for Halliburton and Exxon. Plus it's well-known that leading aliens supported...

Are you trying to start a war with me? I can't tell. If you are, you better get a permit.