On 22 Nov 2005 07:18:16 -0800, "Peter Wieck" wrote:



There are too many not to provide regular
and easy targets to the tune of about 2.7 per day, on average,
fatalities. Not to mentioned wounded and crippled, not to mention US
citizens as private contractors in the region.

However, others in this newsgroup would obviously welcome the
death and maiming because of the economic activity (dollars going back
into the US) generated by it. How else justify the war on the basis of
the contribution to the US economy?

It is said that, had the Exxon Valdez arrived safely at its
destination port, it would have been a minor bump to the economy. But
by generating the spill, it made a much greater contribution due to
the billions expended in cleanup costs, lawyers, accountants, court
personnel, etc.

So maybe we should just destroy the rest of the world and
enjoy the economic benefts of rebuilding it.

By that standard, Katrina was the best thing to happen to the
US ecnomy this year. Right up there with the economic devastation
resulting from Enron and other cronies of the prsent administration.
The court costs alone for these events are staggering.