Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Mar 16, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> > This whole Iraq debate is really a diversion
>
> You've got to be kidding. Thousands of Americans have died and many
> more been blown apart, and many times more Iraqis have suffered that
> fate. The war threatens to spread and throw the whole region into
> violent chaos. It's costing us a trillion dollars or more, and god
> only knows how much it's costing Iraqis. That's a bloody, expensive
> "diversion."
>
Indeed -- what is it a diversion "from" anyhow?
Carrol