Weighing the marginal cost against the marginal benefits.
We know what the additional costs of staying in Iraq are in terms of dollars and human lives and the addition benefit of staying in Iraq is oil. Oil is not worth human blood (to me).
People say democracy is a benefit. But I don't buy that argument. Americans don't give a rat's ass about the Iraqi people; especially after imposing sanctions that killed 500,000 of 'em and then shock and awe that killed another 100,000 and then Abu Ghraib...
Deep down that's the calculus Americans are doing. If Iraq exported bananas we'd never even bother.
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