Despite our professed values, everything has a price. We value life, but our society is unwilling to lower the highway speed limit to 40 mph, which would surely save lives. The price of our collective inconvenience and economic impact is too high. Lower Speed Limit and Save Lives? We leave no soldier on the battlefield, but this military value cannot be viewed in isolation. We are told this week by our commander-in-chief and his acolytes that rescuing a captured soldier is worthy regardless of the price. We are told that negotiating with terrorists, breaking the law by not notifying congress and the release of 5 hardened Taliban detainees is a reasonable price for the return of a captured sergeant. I feel that the price exacted was too high, although admittedly my view would be different if the sergeant were in my family. For those who argue that no price is too high to rescue one of our own, should we have surrendered to the Nazis in World War II in return for so
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