Jul. 21st, 2004

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In another journal, I noticed someone quote the line that Al Quaeda might have close to 20,000 members.

And that made me think about something.

20,000 x 5 = 100,000, so x50 is a million, so x 50,000 is a billion.

One billion dollars is $50,000 per Al Quaeda member.

We're spending that much *EACH WEEK* in Iraq, and Al Quaeda doesn't operate out of Iraq.

Did the invasion make us safer? Or was it a distraction from the real enemy?

$50,000 bucks for each and every Al Quaeda member, each and every week...

And, remember, John Kerry, the administration contemptuously says, would treat this as a LAW ENFORCEMENT issue, not as a MILITARY issue. I wonder how many new law enforcement folks we could get for 50 grand, per Al Quaeda member, per week.
johnpalmer: (Default)
In another journal, I noticed someone quote the line that Al Quaeda might have close to 20,000 members.

And that made me think about something.

20,000 x 5 = 100,000, so x50 is a million, so x 50,000 is a billion.

One billion dollars is $50,000 per Al Quaeda member.

We're spending that much *EACH WEEK* in Iraq, and Al Quaeda doesn't operate out of Iraq.

Did the invasion make us safer? Or was it a distraction from the real enemy?

$50,000 bucks for each and every Al Quaeda member, each and every week...

And, remember, John Kerry, the administration contemptuously says, would treat this as a LAW ENFORCEMENT issue, not as a MILITARY issue. I wonder how many new law enforcement folks we could get for 50 grand, per Al Quaeda member, per week.
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So, some of you have seen me pondering whether or not magic is "real", and I realized, maybe that was the wrong question....
if you're interested in the right question... )
johnpalmer: (Default)
So, some of you have seen me pondering whether or not magic is "real", and I realized, maybe that was the wrong question....
if you're interested in the right question... )

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