[Steve Van Doorn]

Thank you Jason:

But here is my fear.
The left believes that spending indiscriminately such as war can get us out of economic bad times. Do we have people in office evil enough to create an excuse for war to remedy ‘our problems’ for our greater good?

I know I am asking a hypnotically unknown but I just don’t know enough about our leadership right now to trust them.

[Centurion2000]

Do we have people in office evil enough to create an excuse for war to remedy ‘our problems’ for our greater good?

Is that rhetorical?

[JasonC]

No, we don't. Some of those in office right now are competent professionals doing their level best. Others are naive pols over their heads, earnestly flailing. A few are cynics just getting their share without much care whether it helps or hurts, free riding on the great underlying strength of the system and the country. But none of them are little Eichmann's scheming to destroy. Not one.