tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post5657354131908195650..comments2023-05-30T05:16:03.894-04:00Comments on The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, proprietor: Leave Iraq? We already areDennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-82500258639046657532008-01-23T09:40:00.000-05:002008-01-23T09:40:00.000-05:00How about this for a non-vague demand: stop spendi...How about this for a non-vague demand: stop spending billions of dollars every *week* in Iraq when the nation is on the brink of recession. There's no free lunch: you have to counterballance the progress made in Iraq by what it's done and is doing to us economically. This is the only war in history where we cut, not raised taxes. Now we're enterring a recession with 1) an already sizeable budget deficit, 2) high oil prices, 3) baby boomer entitlements about to expload. It's an awful lot of American misery coming in the next year (or more if the GOP stays in the white house) to pay for this progress. Personally I think our security would be better enhanced by more airport inspectors for commercial cargo and filling the shortage of Arabic translators. No, it's not a false dichotomy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com