Bin Laden

[Richard Ryan]

Trillions of dollars wasted on the ultimate bloody MacGuffin.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cost benefit analysis? How about invading Iraq versus 3 helicopters
> and 40 men. How about destabilizing an entire region of the globe;
> killing hundreds of thousands including American service people,
> journalists, and Iraqi civilians; inflaming world opinion; all while
> standing under a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished" versus
> actually killing the guy responsible.
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>> On 5/2/2011 11:10 AM, rich wrote:
>>>
>>> if u think this doesnt affect al qaeda and its minions well i think
>>> you'd have to reconsider that
>>
>> Oh I agree it's a good thing.
>>
>> But If one could do a cost benefit analysis--the cost of getting rid of al
>> qaeda against the benefit of ever being rid of it we'd want our money back.
>>
>> Not that any other course would have been possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> P
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 5/2/2011 9:08 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It changes nothing.
>>>>>
>>>> It affects the media business.  Every pundit will get to write a long,
>>>> cliche-ridden column about it.
>>>>
>>>> It's a good thing but I didn't hear any horns blaring into the night in
>>>> my
>>>> neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>> P
>>>>>
>>>>> Laura
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: rich<richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Sent: May 2, 2011 9:47 AM
>>>>>> To: “pynchon-l at waste.org“<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Bin Laden
>>>>>>
>>>>>> one can only be happy at his death, my friends
>>>>
>>
>>
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