Steve Chapman is a thoughtful moderate voice on the Chicago Tribune's editorial board, a group that tends to stand to the right of Otto von Bismarck. I commend today's column to you, but wanted to highlight one section:
In 1992, asked why the United States was content to evict Iraq from Kuwait while leaving Saddam Hussein in power, [Dick] Cheney replied: "Once we had rounded him up and gotten rid of his government, then the question is what do you put in its place. You know, you then have accepted the responsibility for governing Iraq." He asked, "How many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is, not very damn many."
Hmmm...........2000+ and counting, and unfortunately, counting very quickly.
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Steve Chapman is one of my favortie Trib writers. Though I disagree with him often enough, his columns are always well thouht out. And they usually contain at least one really exceptionally turned phrase that brings a chuckle.
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