Compare and contrast.

The main charge against those "wicked bankers" seems to be not simply that they took unjustifiable financial risks, but that they took unjustifiable financial risks with other people's money. And that got me thinking (always a dangerous thing!). I would imagine that there are very few people who honestly believe that we can achieve any sort of military success in Afghanistan. The eventual solution (or more likely, accommodation) there will come through negotiation, through talking to the "enemy". And given this is so, and we are prepared to demonise the bankers for taking unjustifiable risks with other people's money, what do we say about a Government which is taking unjustifiable risks with other people's lives?