But, of course, this leads to the question...

But, of course, this leads to the question...

"I'm going to say this: I think we are winning, OK? I think we're definitely winning. I think we've been winning for some time."

Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Richard Myers

It's a carney scheme, except that into sucking us into spending a hundred bucks for a two dollar prize at the ring toss, we're dropping hundreds of billions on a war whose prize promises no tangible benefit at all, except to the profiteers.

Going to war was the loss. There's no prize on the shelf that can offset the cost.