This three page legislation sunods a lot like we have to go to war in Iraq to fight terrorism. For some reason we have to do it.This is a excellent observation. Congress was stampeded, in a bi-partisan fashion, into the war in Iraq without any serious thought as to the long-term implications. Even most of the anti-war congressman wound up voting for the war, for fear of looking weak in a time of crisis.We all know what happened next The invasion was a success, but we discovered that much of the rationale for the war to be spurious (i.e. there were NO weapons of mass destruction), and the US became embroiled in a regional conflagration that was to last for many years to come. It is certainly NOT clear that things would have been worse had the war never occured to begin with.Here we are again, with congress being rushed to approve a sweeping war on the recession, with little understanding of the implications, and the drumb-beats of fear for the consequences of doing nothing. Rate this comment: 0 0

by Ericka 02:39:13 PM 2012.06.19