[ninty]

Please enlighten me as to the positive outcomes for the future of the middle east.

Also, you really think you can compare slavery and what's going on in Iraq? You try to use big words to make yourself sound smarter and more superior to everone else, yet in comparing totally non related subjects you manage to do just the opposite.

The 2,000 mark is a milestone. Nothing more. It doesn;t matter what you compare it to. You would argue that by sacrificing these 2000 people that the middle east will become more stable in the future and thus there will be less attacks within and outside the US. No one can see the future. Will there be less attacks? Or will this enrage people further? I guess you just have to hope you made the right choice.