Iraq War is institutionalized at this point... it's the REAL stimulus package

ReverendDeuce

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Thu May-13-10 10:11 AM
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Iraq War is institutionalized at this point... it's the REAL stimulus package

(I am not advocating the war, just pointing out an oft-overlooked angle...)

When you think about it, the amount of jobs that have been created in order to support the war(s) -- imagine if all that ended? Would the economy be able to absorb the hit? I'm not talking about military personnel as much as I am contractors, industrial manufacturing, supply chain, etc.

I feel for Obama on this... It's a bitch of a situation to be in. The war(s) are almost institutionalized at this point.

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ShortnFiery

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Thu May-13-10 10:14 AM
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1. It's a bitch for Obama?!? What about the innocent Iraqi people who have been slaughtered?

Edited on Thu May-13-10 10:15 AM by ShortnFiery

My Gawd! Just when I thought our nation could not become more selfish?

We're there immorally and illegally, but HOT DAMN, the MIC is making money hand over fist and hiring a shitload of people ... off of OUR TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS. :crazy:

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Echo In Light

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Thu May-13-10 10:44 AM
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3. +1

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ReverendDeuce

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Thu May-13-10 03:16 PM
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4. -1... you know damn well what I am talking about...

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Rex

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Thu May-13-10 03:26 PM
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7. Wow, way to interpret the OP all wrong!

:thumbsdown:

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gimama

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Thu May-13-10 10:43 AM
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2. if all that effort & energy

..imagination & logical thinking,
materials, time, money, LIVES..
were directed at Healing, recovery,rebuilding, renewal,
If ALL that energy were focused on LIFE & Creation,
instead of death,destruction,
imagine that!
I'm thinkin' it would *help* the employment & economics,
in a BIG Way.

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ReverendDeuce

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Thu May-13-10 03:17 PM
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5. I agree! But the GOP will claim that it SMACKS OF SOCIALISM!

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TheKentuckian

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Thu May-13-10 03:24 PM
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6. Silly. That spending is highly sequestered. A real stimulus would take

those resources and invest them into our energy grid, renewables, our crumbling roads, our busting sewers, our rusting plumbing, and our children to build our country rather than spending a trillion dollars to secure probably 10 billion dollars in oil revenue for private gain.

If they refuse to draw this down and cease wasting our national resources for the gains of few at the expense of the many (many of which aren't even born yet) then a pox on them.

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