"This 11th grader has more common sense than 80% of the readership of the AJC."
Well, she certainly doesn't get the common sense from her mother! After all, 2,000 + Americans killed so far in this war plus, let's say, that many additional allied forces plus, let's say, 50,000 Iraqi. Total, about 54,000, admittedly a guess.
Now, let's contrast that with how many Iraqis would have died under Hussein in the same time frame - more, very painfully.
The mother is a left wing stooge as is Luckovich. The young lady has a great future if her mother doesn't screw it up.
Probably. But that's not the way I would have done the math. Even if the Hitlers and Husseins of the world had enslaved people without killing a soul, it still would have been worth it to fight them. It's about freedom. Life is free will and when you take away freedom, you are taking away life.