I wondered why he said that too. He should know, as we all rightfully suspect, that those weapons were removed from Iraq way before the U.S. military was able to get in there.
I only posted this because I was interested in the writer's take on the dollar and the world markets. I just think that our politicians may be keeping their heads in the sand on this issue, and it's very important, don't you think?
And even so, I was thinking more about Iran than Iraq. How disingenuous is it to ignore the WMD threat from Iran?
As per the dollar, others who know him better say he has a savy take on economics. I hope its better than his foreign policy punt. [shrug]
Hey, does anybody remember what bad shape the U.S. was in just before Reagan was elected? The outlook for our economy could hardly have been worse, with double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, rampant unemployment, and a depressed stock market. Jimmy Carter went on TV and announced we were all suffering from some kind of mysterious "malaise."
Reagan turned it around overnight simply by cutting taxes. Suddenly we were productive and upbeat again. People worked harder than ever because the government allowed them to keep more of their own money.
It will happen again.
The issues are important, but someone who buys into obvious lies and hyperbole on one issue is not credible on any other. Most of us don't have sufficient economic understanding to be able to pick apart the data and logic that support his other conclusions. Besides, character cannot be compartmentalized-- bad character, bad faith, seep from one area of our lives to another, from one issue to another. In my view, that was the lesson of the Clinton administration, that people with no integrity in one area of their lives won't have any in any other area either.
There are plenty of intelligent and knowledgable people writing on every issue under the sun, and on every side of the issues-- there's no need to ever listen to someone who believes and propagates lies.