Joe wrote:
I dont buy it either. Did the attack on pearl harbor cause a
depression?

Good rhetorical question.

Why is the tremendous amount of spending on the war in Iraq not helping
the economy more? I don't really know, but I can offer a couple of
possibilities, none of which look good for Bush/Cheney.

.. If those slack dick terrorist try to pull off here what
they did in spain its going to backfire on them bigtime. Americans
like the way president bush has delt with terrorist, he going to keep
on them until they are all dead or rotting at Gitmo.

You mean like the ones that have been let go, after over a year in jail,
because there is no reason to assume they were ever terrorists?

If President Bush and his administration were in fact going after
terrorists, I'd applaud their efforts. But they are not, they are
pursuing incredibly huge profits (and even that is not enough, as
evidenced by Halliburton's ~$90 million overcharges) while ignoring the
defense of the country.

DSK