LOL, that was a good one. I don't want to spend infinite money on promoting democracy, but I am concerned about what is happening in certain parts of the world. In the Middle East and throughout the Muslim world, there are crazy people spending big money to promote an ideology of hate that specifically rejects everything liberal democracies stand for. We have to offer an alternative path for those societies or we risk facing an enemy far larger and stronger than we face today, one armed with WMD and a messianic sense of purpose about their jihad against the West. Fighting the war we have now is the cheap alternative to fighting that war down the road. And we are going to be fighting them down the road, make no mistake.
As far as the economy goes, I am far gloomier about our long-term budget issues with Social Security and Medicare. As you have noted in the past, those programs are going to grow and eat more of our tax dollars until there is nothing left for anything else. Debating the cost of the war is fine, but debating it while ignoring the long-term threat to the entire economy is totally irresponsible. That's why I see the current Democratic position of bashing the cost of war as just another political tactic. Economics seems to be something Democrats use as a political tool, never a pursuit in its own right. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Gruss G wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > I advocate doing what we can to create a free, democratic world, for our > > benefit and the benefit of all people. > > ::sigh:: > > Look, Dukakis, just use your own money and life to pay for that utopia. > > Jeepers, you make Nader & Kucinich sound like a centrists. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258485 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
