"The days of our invading a country for no reason whatsoever may be at an end."

Huge Deficits May Hamper America's Ability to Wage Pointless Wars, Pentagon Fears

Andy Borowitz

BorowitzReport.com
Posted: February 2, 2010 09:57 AM

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - Mounting budget deficits for the foreseeable future may "greatly hamper" the U.S.'s ability to wage pointless wars, a leading Pentagon general says.

According to Gen. Blanton Creegan, "The days of our invading a country for no reason whatsoever may be at an end."

Gen. Creegan adds, "In the past, we were able to start a war with a country simply because we said they might have WMD - now, we may actually have to check first."

The General says that the Pentagon was especially worried that, given the new budget constraints, the United States may no longer be able to engage in "open-ended quagmires with no end in sight."

more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/huge-deficits-may-hamper_b_445746.html

...and it IS very funny, it sort of brushes off the fact that there was a reason for the Iraq war, but it was a very fucked up and evil reason and not the one shared with the public. :shrug:

but obviously not the US public? Bush and Cheney and blair should be arrested.

cause we will have wind power and no reason to invade countries for oil :crazy:

profitable.

It's another fine mess the Pentagon is responsible for.

The General's only concern is the money?
k&r :kick:

"Can greed be a reason?" To which the defense attorney barked, "No!"

education, social security, medicare, foreign aid, space program, subsidies will all go before we cut our sacred war budget.
We Are War.

Written by Andy Borowitz, a humorist.

an excuse could always be manufactured (remember Grenada?). Could the era of once-a-decade invasions of *fill in the blank* really be over?