re: #305 karmic_inquisitor

I have been a long time advocate of the US liberating those around the world from their oppressors but it now seems that we can’t even pay our own bills.

“Now?”

We did not “do” Iraq on a pay-as-you-go basis. It was all on credit, which the Chinese hold. And we’re still paying for that one, a trillion or so and counting on loan, and we’ll be there for the foreseeable future, no matter how much we repeat the “drawdown” mantra. Let’s not even talk about Afghanistan.

I’m an advocate of letting people liberate themselves and helping them once they’ve done so. Whether the Iraq adventure turns out to have been worth the candle remains to be seen. And at a trillion bucks a pop just to start the process, I don’t think dictator-toppling and nation-building is something we can afford anymore.