It’s Like a Crime Watch. If They See Any Freedom, They’ll Report It Immediately.

August 23rd, 2007 · 9 Comments

Via roomie Dave, a group called Freedom Watch has produced a series of ads urging the importance of staying in Iraq.

Their nominal argument (for some appropriately loose sense of that term) is something along the lines of: 9/11! Iraq! 9/11! Iraq! We’re going to keep mentioning these things in close proximity! Even at this late date, that will be enough to convince a few of you there’s some coherent connection, right?

The subtext, and actual argument, is that a lot of people have made serious sacrifices in this war, and isn’t it awfully mean to salt the wound by passing public verdict that it was all just a terrible waste? I’m not without sympathy on this front, but not quite so much sympathy that I think it’s worth demanding more such sacrifices to prolong some comforting illusions about the ones already made.

Tags: War

9 responses so far ↓

1 Pritesh // Aug 23, 2007 at 12:36 pm

The subtext, and actual argument, is that a lot of people have made serious sacrifices in this war, and isn’t it awfully mean to salt the wound by passing public verdict that it was all just a terrible waste?

Have you heard of sunk costs?
2 Julian Sanchez // Aug 23, 2007 at 12:41 pm

Yes. They’re what the irrational fail to discount.
3 seo yarismasi // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:01 am

thenx mf
4 çöp poşeti, naylon torba // Nov 6, 2007 at 6:23 am

Thanks
5 amerikan evi // Nov 6, 2007 at 6:24 am

Thanks for article.
6 drcetinerdotorg // Nov 21, 2007 at 5:04 pm

seo yarışması
7 rock // Nov 29, 2007 at 8:04 am

this rocks !
8 Sex // Dec 28, 2007 at 7:36 am

Thanks
9 Hikaye // Jan 9, 2008 at 9:18 am

thx