A War Bush Wouldn't Pay For By E.J. Dionne Jr.

[rodeodance]

A War Bush Wouldn't Pay For
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401364.html

By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, December 15, 2006; Page A35

Believe it or not, winning the war in Iraq was never the Bush administration's highest priority. Saving its tax cuts was more important. That was once spoken of as a moral problem. Now it's a practical barrier to a successful outcome.

Until recently President Bush's refusal to scale back any of his tax cuts was discussed as the question of shared sacrifice: How could we ask so much from a courageous group of Americans fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan but not ask even the wealthiest of their fellow citizens to part with a few extra dollars to support an endeavor supposedly central to our nation's security? On the contrary, even after we committed to war in Iraq, the administration pushed for yet more tax cuts in dividends and capital gains.

Now we know that the decision to put the war on a credit card is not simply a moral question. The administration's failure to acknowledge the real costs of the war -- and to pay them -- has put it in a corner.

The president's options in Iraq are severely constrained because our military is too small for the foreign policy he is pursuing. Sending more troops would place even more excruciating burdens on members of our armed forces and their families. And the brass fears that an extended new commitment could, quite simply, break the Army

[ninkasi]

1. He is doing what he and his kind have always done

soak money from the people who work, and expect others to pay the bills for his follies. If the future of America truly depended on whatever the idiot considers victory in Iraq, he would be calling for rolling back the tax cuts for the mega-wealthy. As it is, he'll find ways to cheat veterans out of whatever benefits they still have left, and do it without one damn about their lives and well being. If he can't screw enough out of veterans, there are always the elderly and children left to fleece.

[opihimoimoi]

2. The BushCo is Inept, Corrupt, and Sick...Look at the Damage...it confirms

The Results of 6 years (Republican rule) has now come to the Fore for ALL to Examine and Analyze...They wanted to be Quarter Back and fumbled for 6 years...

Its all Screwed up and they wanna find a way OUT? Wanna continue the Losses? OMG...they just don't get it...do they?

[ninkasi]

3. No, they don't

They can't. They are too warped to realize, or care, how much damage they have done. When we elect a Democratic president in 2008, let's have a big, big party on the beach. I'll start saving now for plane fare to Hawaii.

[opihimoimoi]

5. You got it...I be saving fire wood for the Luau...and start raising them pigs

and fishes....

:toast:

[catzies]

4. Sounds like another ugly truth is admitting how much government really costs

n/t

[Sam1]

6. It would be a contradiction to redistribute wealth upward

and then tax it away from the beneficiaries. This is not what G. W. stands for.