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I disagree. The question of sacrifice is central to the notion of 'war'. the decision to go to war must take into account the values of the lives that will inevitably be lost. To deny this, a leader would have to be a mad-man. I think Bush believes this, and made his decision on his interpretation of the information that was presented to him. i.e. he reached the conclusion that it was 'worth it'.
I'm always weary about the 'car crash statistics' argument... it can be used for almost anything. Bush made the decision to go to war. I wouldn't hold him any more responsible for the road accident victims than I would hold Henry Ford responsible for the deaths of soldiers in Iraq.
Anyway, aren't more people are killed by cars than by murder, or terror attacks? Should cars be outlawed?
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