And the Winner Is...

[ICantSpellDawg]

Isn't the pleasure of winning the lottery a metaphysical value? But no doubt you'd compare it to the freedom of millions of people and consider it lesser. You are in effect putting a price tag on it. Just like bill gates looks at the r.o.i. of the lottery and puts his money elsewhere. How many people die a year from malaria? How much money would it take to save them? I'll stand by my analogy any day.

So your argument is that because other things cost money, any money spent on the war in Iraq is wasted in the wrong direction. What was an acceptable price tag for the war in Iraq?

Free nations with un-obstructive governments will benefit from disease control the most and be able to perpetuate it beyond the acute western intervention. Spread the freedom first.