I actually have something to say! Mostly because it doesn't involve my opinion, but an interesting one I read by someone else.
Discussing Bush's motives for war, this person had a lot to say that we've all discussed, but the end was a bit unique:
"Tangential to this is a political motive to gut social programs and contract government services on a much larger scale. Wars cost money, but we're getting tax cuts? How can that be? We're getting deeper and deeper in debt. If we keep this administration, that trend will only continue until eventually we're told we have to make some major cuts. But, we'll still be in the middle of an ongoing War on Terror. We can't risk our entire nation's security by cutting the military budget. That would be unconscionable! So what will get cut? Oh, sorry, they won't be "cut" per se, they'll either become the burden of the states or pushed off to corporate America under a privatization plan. Social Security will go private (which would be a disaster, but I won't go into that here) and other programs will simply disappear."
Cynical, a little bit conspiracist, and I can't say that I buy it. But it's certainly a perspective I've never heard before. Thoughts?
-Dara
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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