[lbo-talk] Bush's recipe for permanent war

[dano]

At 7:26 AM -0700 8/30/04, dano wrote:
>At 10:16 AM -0400 8/30/04, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>In an interview on NBC's "Today," President Bush was asked if he 
>>thought the war on terrorism could be won, he said: "I don't think 
>>you can win it."
>
>The War on Drugs has been going on since about the Reagan era, 
>hasn't it? That war soaks up quite a bit of money. (Though even Bill 
>Buckley seems to have his reservations about its effectiveness.)

And with the GWOT putting the #1 opium poppy producer back in 
business (and restoring it to its No. 1 position) the GWOD got a 
little more expensive and a little more difficult.