I think Obama is wrong about Afganistan. This ‘war’ is like Vietnam in that it is unwinnable and is draining our resources at home. We could spend that two billion dollars a day on teachers and Medicare and infrastructure, etc. The Taliban will be there no matter how much we spend and how many soldiers we keep there. Let it go. Let it go!
The economic problems we have in the U.S. and that Greece faces and Ireland, etc, etc, are the result of First World Countries’ citizens expectation of an affluent life style as a right. We think we should all have big TVs and gas-guzzling vehicles and all the newest electronic gadgets, and our kids should have anything they want—and we spend more than we take in, and wonder why there isn’t enough money to go ‘round. And we expect our government to solve every problem we have while lowering our taxes. We are delusional. When I was growing up in the Baptist church the preachers preached against ‘materialism.’ Well, that’s the sin that has gotten us in this situation. We now call it consumerism. And we are being consumed by our consumption. With our focus on material comfort and entertainment and our lack of sharing with the needy (both individually and systemically), we are digging our own economic graves. We have to get real. Material stuff is smothering us, and dissolving our values. It’s enough to make Jesus puke.
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