UPDATE: Our "investment" just went up 25%.
Condi Rice has deemed that the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq are a worthy "investment":
“I know from the point of view of not just the monetary cost but the sacrifice of American lives a lot has been sacrificed for Iraq, a lot has been invested in Iraq,” Rice said.Today, four more U.S. soldiers were added to Rice's Iraq investment portfolio:
The U.S. military reported the deaths of four more soldiers as new Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrapped up a two-day visit on Friday aimed at finding a new strategy in a war he has said America is not winning.I guess if the sacrifice of the soldiers is viewed as an investment, it's easier to sleep. Otherwise, Rice and Bush would have to live with the fact that almost 3,000 troops have died -- and countless more have been wounded -- because they went to war based on lies and without a plan.
The four U.S. servicemen were killed in action on Thursday in the restive Anbar province, heartland of the unrelenting Sunni insurgency against U.S. forces and the Iraqi government and the most dangerous place in Iraq for American soldiers.
The deaths brought the total U.S. death toll in Iraq to 2,959, creeping closer to the 3,000 mark and adding more pressure on President Bush to find a strategy that will allow the eventual withdrawal of 135,000 U.S. troops.
It's just an investment in Iraq.
