150+ dead kids is NOT winning, not to mention the other casualties and damage. :P
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Victory and defeat in war are not measured in corpses. People make more people (Iran is not the Vatican) and $40bn p.a. can buy a lot of schools and infrastructure. By contrast the US may pretend that it's restored the status quo, but we'll all still be paying the bill.
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and I don't think the current government of Iran has demonstrated that it is excessively burdened by concern for the well-being of its civilian population
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