It is anotherway in which the war is destroying Syria's social fabric and it will make putting this country back together a much harder job, whoever wins the war.
That's about the same as putting an extra two million Hummers on the road, or to put itanotherway, it cancels out all the gas saved by Priuses and other hybrids 30 times over.
If you think about it, this is anotherway of saying that for ourselves we should give thought to our choices by putting first things first, and not letting second things become first things.