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…the center of the war on error before the president invaded…” Nice one. Then move on to failure ot “plan for the peace”. – Bush: “what message does ‘wrong war

Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?

…his administration’s global war against terrorists, insurgents, and hostile warlords have become more widely known — a war that involves a mélange of drone attacks, covert operations, and presidentially selected…

Torture–It’s the Economy, Stupid….

…same time treating war expenditures (and the future expenditures for replacement equipment and care of wounded necessitated by today’s war) as after-thoughts that could be added as supplemental budget items…

Bleg: James Tobin and Paying for the Viet Nam War

…there evidence that the advisors were arguing that the war was the reason to raise taxes? *That’s “given that the War was in progress anyway”; not funding and not fighting…

Stiglitz and Bilmes: The Real Cost of Iraq War

…of the war up to about $650 billion, Stiglitz said, but that doesn’t include broader economic factors such as the war’s drag on the federal deficit. And Stiglitz thinks the…

…of those who hate America may support the war. Assume OBL’s objective was in fact to start such a war. This makes him pro-war, but it really, really, doesn’t make…