Under President Bush our nation has lowered its expectations, and our standards ...
The NY Times is reporting that, with you and me paying well over $4.00 per gallon at the pump, the Iraqi government is projected to have a budget surplus of $79 billion by year’s end. You would think the Iraqis would have started footing the bill for their own reconstruction, right? Think again.
From 2005 through April 2008 Iraq has spent just $3.9 billion on critical infrastructure projects. You, me, and other U.S. taxpayers, however, have spent approximately $48 billion rebuilding Iraq since the beginning of the war in Iraq.
So this is what we have.
You and I put pay through the nose for petro, and Iraq's treasury flourishes. They get to keep it. We, however, must borrow money from the Chinese to pay our bills. We then pay money to rebuild what we destroyed in Iraq ... in a war that didn't need to happen ... with results that have humbled and embarrassed this nation.
We then have a presidential election. John McCain thinks it's appropriate (and presidential) to whine about who's popular, while handing out tire gauges. Republicans, reveling in the comic tragedy and circus atmosphere created by President Bush, laugh it up and applaud McCain's tire gauge antics.
Coming soon: Christians vs. Lions.
- Mark
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