The Stakes

By Matthew Yglesias
Heaven forbid we would show the sort of cruel indifference to the fate of the Iraqi people that might prevent us from continuing a military operation in which air strikes accidentally kill Iraqi toddlers and other civilians who "were people sleeping on roofs to seek relief from the heat and lack of electricity."

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