The Cost of War
I'm still digesting the President's speech last night. Mostly, he did a good job being serious, focused and being honest about the problems we face.
I found one part of what he said particularly interesting... "We will never again hide the price tag of war."
It brought to mind the image of shopping for wars. Strolling down the aisles with your cart, looking at what you can afford. Taking over Canada would be a Bergdorfs item- way too expensive. And really, we'd have to allow all that marriage equality and import all those good social programs like universal health care.
Iran, not enough room on the credit card for that one.
Afghanistan seems to be attractively priced. Like shopping at Costco, we can get an enormous amount of grief and death at a low price.
Personally? I think we can't afford any of it. Not on any level.
I found one part of what he said particularly interesting... "We will never again hide the price tag of war."
It brought to mind the image of shopping for wars. Strolling down the aisles with your cart, looking at what you can afford. Taking over Canada would be a Bergdorfs item- way too expensive. And really, we'd have to allow all that marriage equality and import all those good social programs like universal health care.
Iran, not enough room on the credit card for that one.
Afghanistan seems to be attractively priced. Like shopping at Costco, we can get an enormous amount of grief and death at a low price.
Personally? I think we can't afford any of it. Not on any level.
Labels: Barack Obama, Iran, Iraq War, war spending
posted by Sara at 8:22 AM
4 Comments:
I so agree.
Very clever and well done response.
even one dollar is too much of a cost for a needless war!
bring them all home to protect our borders and let those other countrys destroy themselves.....
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