Tracy;

I think you have the answer! As a manager you hire people. If things do not work out you fire that person. The person who hires should fire. That is sound management practice, although in reality, most companies do not work that way, but they should!

Tom


>Wow Tom, great post. I would only add that I watched an interview on a news program last night of Iraqi Americans outside Detroit. Their consensus was basically that (paraphrasing here) 'The U.S. put Saddam in power in Iraq and hence is responsible for his actions against the Iraqi people. Since the U.S. put him there, the U.S. is responsible for removing him.'
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>A viewpoint I have heard from others as well. As you say, there is no good answer that will prevent more bloodshed and tragedy for the Iraqi people in ths short term, but hopefully in the longterm it can be accomplished.
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>>>I am responding. Your rants against the U.S. government are just that... rants. You criticize what we do, yet offer no alternatives whatsoever. You complain that the U.S. government can't come up with a better plan, yet neither you nor your government have offered one. Furthermore, if you were really concerned about the Iraqi children, you would be glad they will not be spending the rest of their lives under Saddam's boot.
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>>Chris;
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>>If you remove the human factor from this equation it makes sense. Children die in Iraq. Remove SH. People die to remove SH. SH is removed. People are allowed to live as humans.
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>>Now the immediate response from some in the United States is, “We should not be in Iraq”. If you want to reduce the suffering and starvation in Iraq, eliminate SH. Then look at short term and long-term losses. Benefits are for the long term. Short term produces problems.
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>>If you do nothing to remove SH, then many people will die. Regardless of what anyone wants the United States has taken action. Looked at from a statistical view point it seems the best thing to do is to get rid of SH. From a humanitarian viewpoint we should not do anything. We should leave Iraq in the good hands of SH. Let SH be responsible for the deaths of his people.
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>>As I see it there is no clear answer and both answers are flawed. Now, if humans were perfect, we would not be having this discussion! :)
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>>Tom