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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Bush's Hostages

As everyone knows by now, Congress is apparently on the verge of caving to Bush on Iraq war funding. The word on the street - at least where I live - has been that Bush is holding the troops hostage.

It appears that point is starting to seep in. Here's Krugman:

There are two ways to describe the confrontation between Congress and the Bush administration over funding for the Iraq surge. You can pretend that it’s a normal political dispute. Or you can see it for what it really is: a hostage situation, in which a beleaguered President Bush, barricaded in the White House, is threatening dire consequences for innocent bystanders — the troops — if his demands aren’t met.


You can read more of what Krugman wrote at Economist's View.

1 Comments:

  • You are witness to the decline of empire, on both sides of the isle.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:00 AM  

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