"Is Our Economy Learning?"

Nick Kristoff's excellent piece today, in which he explains that not only is the US occupation of Iraq costing us lives, it's dare we say it?!, costing us money. Though sarcasm aside, it's costing us money that is costing us lives. And that's effed up.

But what could we be doing besides keeping our troops in a war that has no direction or strategy and is fundamentally undermining our national security, economy, and the core principles of a healthy society and world?

Kristoff has some suggestions:

Imagine the possibilities. We could hire more police and border patrol agents, expand Head Start and rehabilitate America’s image in the world by underwriting a global drive to slash maternal mortality, eradicate malaria and deworm every child in Africa.

But if children are dewormed than the terrorists win!