Arod in NY v. War in Iraq: A scientific comparison

Beginnings:

Iraq War: Spring 2003

NY ARod: February 2004

Costs:
War: $700 billion
Arod: $280 million

Justification:

War: Frightening false claims that Saddam was developing WMD.
Arod: Frightening false claims that Theo would get him.

Immediate result:

War: Lost focus on chasing and killing Osama bin Laden.

Arod: Lost focus on chasing and killing Curt Schilling.

Situation last year:

War: "We can't leave, things are going bad."

Arod: "We can't trade him, he's hitting well."

Current situation:

War: "We can't leave, things are going well."

Arod: "We can't trade him, he's hitting bad."

View of Madonna:*
War: Bad.
Arod: Rrrr-rrr-rwwww!

*Obligatory punchline. We at IT IS HIGH regret the staggeringly overused Madonna punchline cliche, and hereby vow to discontinue the practice immediately if and when the Yankees win a World Series or sign Manny Ramirez as a free agent, in the latter case thereby voiding all other punchlines, because of the immensity of the new oblgatory punchline possibilities.