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# Business of war
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/business-of-war-editor/
- Published: 2007-01-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:49:28.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

Bush wants to send more troops to his lost cause in Iraq. Back in Vietnam, we kept sending men to die for a lost cause. Finally, we wised up and left. The North invaded the South, which collapsed so fast that even the North was surprised. A good businessman knows when it is time to give up, cut his losses and get out. Not that Bush was ever much of a businessman either.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)