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Death of Michael Ledeen, maker of the phony case for the invasion of Iraq

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93 points nabla9 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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melling ◴[25 May 25 16:20 UTC] No.44088874[source]▶
$2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Correct, no one said it would be easy. True we would likely not have succeeded, but millions more would be cancer survivors.

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motorest ◴[25 May 25 16:40 UTC] No.44088989[source]▶
> $2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Aren't there any positive tradeoffs in overthrowing the likes of Saddam Hussein?

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1. the_gipsy ◴[25 May 25 17:26 UTC] No.44089291[source]▶
Not much. Except for the oil companies. In any case the goal was not to make the world a better place.