Mail Bag

Aaron sent this in last night:

People have been using a false Iraq war analogy when discussing the ridiculous rush for a bailout.

For one, there was no rush to war. I remeber in the summer expecting to go in in the fall. It was done ridiculously slowly.

But I have my own analogy that it think will resonate well with people that I would love to see McCain bash Obama with:

The Iraq war was a no brainer. Saddam had been a threat to the region which prevented growth and development throughout, he used the implied threat to bully neighboring countries, al qaeda types and other small minded anti-americans saw allowing Saddam’s apparent (real or not) transgressions as taking face from America, and Saddam’s large army and the uncertainty of WMD made taking on Iran impractical.

We had pocket Aces, the flop was two Aces and a King. Saddam was bidding up the pot and bullying his neighbors suggesting he had a full house. What are we supposed to do, fold? We have 4 aces, it doesn’t matter whether or not Saddam has the boat. If he wants to go all in, you take him all in.

This, when the economy was stagnant and people were willing to lend to us for practically free. For every al qaeda recruited, we trained thousands and got experience is cultures AQ operates in or are similar to.

I got nothin’ to add to that.