Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I've been handed the check. It's roughly what the Yankees will pay Roger Clemens per inning once he starts pitching next month. - Andrew J. Bacevich, whose son died May 13 after a suicide bomb explosion in Salah al-Din province.(Read his whole statement here.)
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