Sub-prime superpower
WorldNetDaily
by Pat Buchanan
08/07/07
We are committed to police the world — yet we have an Army that is ‘breaking,’ as presidential candidates bray about attacking Iran, a nation three times as large and populous as Iraq, and invading Pakistan, a Muslim nation of 170 million, with atom bombs. Whom are we kidding? U.S. foreign policy is bankrupt. We can’t cover our commitments with the ground forces we have. And a world watching America thrash about in Mesopotamia is beginning to recognize it and act upon it. While the federal deficit is only 2 percent of GDP, the surpluses of the 1990s are history, and we are steering toward an entitlement iceberg. … We do not have the forces to fight and win our wars, or defend present allies. We do not collect enough in taxes to fund the coming deficits in Medicare and Social Security...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57028
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Buchanan
by Pat Buchanan
08/07/07
We are committed to police the world — yet we have an Army that is ‘breaking,’ as presidential candidates bray about attacking Iran, a nation three times as large and populous as Iraq, and invading Pakistan, a Muslim nation of 170 million, with atom bombs. Whom are we kidding? U.S. foreign policy is bankrupt. We can’t cover our commitments with the ground forces we have. And a world watching America thrash about in Mesopotamia is beginning to recognize it and act upon it. While the federal deficit is only 2 percent of GDP, the surpluses of the 1990s are history, and we are steering toward an entitlement iceberg. … We do not have the forces to fight and win our wars, or defend present allies. We do not collect enough in taxes to fund the coming deficits in Medicare and Social Security...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57028
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Buchanan
rudkla - 8. Aug, 13:33
