Suppose it was just some random Joe, and Putin admitted that he ordered the execution just because "the US needs to be put in check" or "violated international law" or somethjng to that effect. Would one life in that scenario be worth an all-out war with Russia? How many lives would be?

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Posted by GeauxxxTigers23

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:37 pm to baybeefeetz

One life is a tragedy. A million lives is a statistic.

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Posted by Placebeaux

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:38 pm to baybeefeetz

too many of the neocons in Washington it would be all they would need for any war

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:39 pm to Placebeaux

Chicken hawks.

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Posted by roygu

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:57 pm to baybeefeetz

I doubt it. One Marine in a Mexican prison doesn't draw a comment from the Commander in Chief.

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:27 pm to baybeefeetz

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Posted by baybeefeetz

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Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:10 pm to Crawdaddy

What if the one person was a congressman from some random district in, say, Nebraska?

What if it was 20? What if it was 100? 1000? Do we go to all-out war with Russia over 1000 Americans? If so, why? Won't 1000 more die? Easily, I think.

We aren't going to war with Russia. Ever. Period. They'll tweak us and we will tweak them, but we wouldn't go to war with them.

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