Reply to Ian

After my “Let's get serious” post below, iclysdale wrote me asking some questions about the war. I’ve interspersed my answers with his email.

> OK, in that case, I've got a question for you, since you've always
> struck me as a fairly intelligent person, and I've
> actually yet to hear
> what I consider a well-thought-out response to this.

Fair enough. Most of the debate I’ve seen has foundered on the participants having different axioms, so I’ll try to spell out my assumptions.

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