tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post5618006454400209315..comments2023-07-02T11:05:42.711-04:00Comments on Godless Liberal Homo: Stopping the War Would Help the Economylibhomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post-54909835268323513452008-01-22T18:45:00.000-05:002008-01-22T18:45:00.000-05:00monty: Shifting capital flow back into the country...monty: Shifting capital flow back into the country from abroad, which ending the war would do, would certainly help the economy. Also, stopping the war would reduce economic insecurity.<BR/><BR/>War stimulating the US economy when it was an industrial economy. Now, war slows the economy by slowing consumer spending, the current engine of US economic growth.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post-73197911841377758232008-01-22T17:06:00.000-05:002008-01-22T17:06:00.000-05:00Other countries are mad at us for more than even t...Other countries are mad at us for more than even the points you mention, its called in CIA terms "blowback" and we got a long history of being the bully on the global playground. Now i am not a blame america firster, just telling like history reports. (the real history, not the glossed over crap that passes for education in our public schools)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post-3829173969022167372008-01-22T17:04:00.000-05:002008-01-22T17:04:00.000-05:00Great points , the USA has alway ALWAYS been a WAR...Great points , the USA has alway ALWAYS been a WAR ECONOMY. Look what happens when we try even utter the words "military base closings" Our biggest export are the weapons of war, the stocks and corps doing the best in the markets are "security/survaillance" and the weapons manufacturers.. No we certainly cannot seperate the two. But as over reaching Empires go, this is par for the course..and the end will match up with Empires of times gone by..all the pieces are in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post-47299527928667378872008-01-21T18:32:00.000-05:002008-01-21T18:32:00.000-05:00While I agree with your statement, if you pulled a...While I agree with your statement, if you pulled all of the troops out of Iraq, would that have a short term or long term effect on the economy? I don't think it would give an immediate benefit.<BR/><BR/>I get a sense that the other countries are now angry with the U.S. for Iraq, and for trashing their economy with subprime loans.Monty Loreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961610061654961827noreply@blogger.com