Comments on: Webb on War http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/webb_on_war/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tom p http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/webb_on_war/comment-page-1/#comment-393026 tom p Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:21:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/webb_on_war/#comment-393026 "If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." First off, EVERY thing is in the national interest (except of course, my ex mother in-laws bunions) The question is, "At what point is it worth spending somebody else's life, to spare discomfort in one's own?" If we are going to war, we should all bear the cost. Then, and only then, can we come to a true consensus on what is in the "national interest" "If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

First off, EVERY thing is in the national interest (except of course, my ex mother in-laws bunions) The question is, "At what point is it worth spending somebody else's life, to spare discomfort in one's own?"

If we are going to war, we should all bear the cost. Then, and only then, can we come to a true consensus on what is in the "national interest"

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