Chancy

Doctor: This won't hurt a bit.
[Sticks Chance with a needle]
Chance the Gardener: It did hurt.

Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed, but in every case
it is someone else's blood. That is why some of out thinkers
feel free to say just about anything
--Albert Camus
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A recent headline in USA Today proclaimed: "U.S. hails Iraq bid to unite security; Move aids chance for reconciliation." For this chance, the president has asked Congress for another $157 billion for the war for next year alone, according to Rep. Carolyn Maloney.

So there we have it, war fans. $157 billion to "aid a chance for reconciliation." Why not just flush it down the toilet?

Wars are not fought for chances. Chance is not a military term or principle, though it is in the gambler's lexicon, and surely George W. Bush is as reprobate a gambler as they come, dealing fast and loose as he is with American lives and fortune.

The only chance this Ranger will bet on is the chance to get out of Iraq ASAP.

BSAP is too late.