THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

"I think the level of casualties  is secondary. I mean, it may sound like an odd 
thing to say, but all the  great scholars who have studied American character 
have come to the  conclusion that we are a warlike people and that we love war. 
. . . What  we hate is not casualties but losing. And if the war goes well and 
if  the American public has the conviction that we're being well--led and  that 
our people are fighting well and that we're winning, I don't think  casualties 
are going to be the issue. " -- Michael Ledeen AEI Breakfast  March 27, 2003