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An amusing (although possibly true) post on Concurring Opinions puts forward the idea of template copywriting for news articles on the endless list of “anti-terrorism” government initiatives…

NSA warrantless wiretaps. NSA collection of phone records. CIA gathering of financial records.
The stories are endless. To help out reporters, I thought I’d just write [...]

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Not to mention the 2243 US and 103 other troops, or the THIRTY THOUSAND Iraqi Civilians killed.

Is it worth it?

Stop the War Coalition; Iraq Body Count; Iraq Coalition Casualty Count.

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This is just wrong for so many reasons. But it won’t end any time soon. BBC NEWS | Politics | MoD says Iraq has cost UK £3.1bn

Not to mention the human cost of the war at around thirty thousand civilians, plus 97 UK soldiers, 2011 American soldiers, and 102 other coalition “_of the willing!_” [...]

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