No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

The Public Needs to do a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the invasion of Iraq

The cost to the US of invading Iraq has already been tremendous and is now on-going at about $4 billion a month and an average of an American life per day.

The war itself, handled by our professionals, was handled superbly. The diplomacy and the post-war planning, both the responsibility of the civilians of the Bush administration, has been a disaster, and the source of the disaster has been the policies from the White House.

The benefit to the Iraqi people, if they can get through the post-war period without an intense guerrilla war, don't fall under the sway of another dictator, and can maintain Iraq as a single nation (all somewhat iffy at the moment) ~may~ be worth it.

What makes it worth the cost to the US?

posted by Richard at 7:45 AM