How many friends will 1 Trillion dollars buy you?

This is the question we might want to consider.

After spending nearly that much trying to end WMD in Iraq or bringing Democracy to a war-torn land, take your choice, we discover that it hasn’t worked.

The Iraqis still want us out!

This was their comment after learning that America intends to build some sixty hardened sites in Iraq and base troops there virtually forever. (Sound like John McCain’s mantra?)

Some high placed Iraqi government officials that we helped get into office, even suggest that they might be better off without us.

And if one considers that Pee Wee’s bold adventure has not lowered the price of gasoline—and has in fact had quite the opposite effect—you might consider that the affected do have a very legitimate argument.

Consider that the water is not yet flowing regularly; that electricity is intermittent, and that the streets are not cleaned regularly and that the neighborhoods are not safe to walk in, an honest appraisal might suggest that all of this money could have been better spent.

This shows with great clarity that not only have we botched everything we’ve attempted, we’ve also lost any remaining good will on the part of the Iraqis.

To put it mildly, our one trillion dollars has brought us nothing but hatred and contempt.

It seems that the only one’s who have really benefited are the government subcontractors—the friends assigned without sealed bids—and the ammo makers.

They are living high on the hog.

In view of the fact that our own infrastructure is crumbling, that our schools are inadequate, that homes are being foreclosed on as we speak and that jobs have fled our shores, our trillion dollar plus budget could have done us some good.

But, you know, talk like that will make you seem a traitor.

And I haven’t even as yet begun to show my despair over 4,000 of our best boys and girls and the lives that have been changed dramatically with nearly 100,000 wounded. (Don’t believe their estimates!)….

We can go on for another six months or so with the madmen at the top calling the shots…
Or we can open our minds and think about how to end this reign of insanity. Even if it means marching on the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court with maybe a few of us spending the night in jail. It wouldn’t kill us and it would sure allow us to hold our heads up in front of the grandchildren..

On the other hand, we can remain passive and docile and blame it someone else.

What we need is more Dennis Kucinich’s.

Let me remind you, we will not have many more opportunities to be heard before a new government takes over.

Let’s hope it will save us from another War with another country to save the West before these two madmen leave office..

The Armchair Curmudgeon

Les Aaron