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[glatt]

Originally Posted by classicman

US analysis determines: Getting involved in Syria is not worth the potential risk. Therefore Syrian lives are not worth as much as Libyan's.

No matter how it is spun, the end result in this equation is that
Syrian Lives < Libyan Lives.

I think Happy Monkey explained it well. Syria is not worth the risk. Libya is worth the risk. Not because the lives are worth less, but because the risk in Syria is greater. If the risk was the same, then you could argue that the lives are worth less in Syria, but it's the lives that are worth the same and the risks are different.

EDIT: And this is my understanding of US policy, not what I actually think. I don't think we should be involved in either country.

[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by glatt

I think Happy Monkey explained it well. Syria is not worth the risk. Libya is worth the risk. Not because the lives are worth less, but because the risk in Syria is greater. If the risk was the same, then you could argue that the lives are worth less in Syria, but it's the lives that are worth the same and the risks are different.

EDIT: And this is my understanding of US policy, not what I actually think. I don't think we should be involved in either country.

I think that is pretty much what I said about the risks being different here and here.

But thanks to you and Happy Monkey for putting it in terms that Classicman could understand.

Wait...he still doesnt really get it and is still trying to force feed the conclusion that the "lives arent worth the same" as opposed to the the risks being different, not the lives being worth less.