But they add that they are also treatable and full recovery is possible if intervention is early enough.
Or if intervention leads to some of the chemical weapons ending up with militants close to al-Qaeda?
If intervention reflects a change in the central bank's desired path for inflation, it has a good chance of working.
If intervention in Kosovo was about stopping ethnic cleansing, today's decision by the Russian Federation is about rewarding and legalizing ethnic cleansing.
So far the public is backing him, but that can soon change if French troops suffer heavy casualties or if intervention drags out.
Today, by contrast, it all looks as if intervention may relegitimise Sarkozy in the eyes of French citizens, whose votes he will need in next year's presidential election.
This agency cannot be just a glorified contingency planner, but it cannot be a despot either, otherwise terrified creditors and counterparties will run if intervention seems likely.
The main risk is that the yen will rise in spite of intervention, reducing the yen value of Japan's dollar holdings.And if intervention should stop?
If intervention were clearly the preferred choice, we need at least two things to make it legitimate: congressional approval and a meaningful coalition.
"At present, this is not a study that would change my clinical practice, but if intervention studies resulting from this work show nutritional support in pregnancy can have an effect then we should take any opportunity we can to help".
If intervention substantially improves the prospects of the children concerned and the gain must be substantial, to override the presumption that parents make the best parents then that is justification in itself.
