Economist Opinion - After Iraq

[mburbank]

Hmmm. We've shown hostility to other nations.

We've sold weapons to lots of countries now on our list of Rougue States. In some cases the very person currently running these Rouge Sates was put there by us.

"made it go broke out of existence and usefulness."
I guess this mangled sentence refers to the former U.S.S.R. and while the arms race certainly contributed to their economic downfall, I think their War with Afghanistan was was really nailed the coffin shut.

Hmmmm. Massive, unsuportable military expenditure couple with a war and attempted occupation of a hostile country equals economic collapse of a super power.

Wow. That might sound like what we're getting into, except Afghanistan was right next door to the U.S.S.R, so their security concerns were more legitimate and it cost a lot less to get their troops there and then supply them. Phewsh! I was worried for a sec.