[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Cerek, with your permission, I'll modify your TRIPLE DOG DARE. The info should be about the population generally. We all realize, and we have all seen, individual instances of traged. (I specifically remember one article about a man who lost his wife and children to US cluster bombs.) So, let's all be realistic -- unless there are a lot of these individual instances of tragedy out there, they do not tip the scales in the aggregate.

Not a problem, Timber. I knew it wasn't phrased as well as it could have been...and I fully expected the first "takers" to point out the other thread about the Iraqi boy that lost both arms and most of his family from a missile.

I realize there are individual tragedies, but you are right, my point is that the vast majority of Iraqi citizens have benefitted and several hundred of them certainly appeared happy enough with our efforts yesterday.