Obviously, every invasion is a matter of military superiority. I think Bush thinks the war in Iraq is a victory because it allows the continual back scratching of the oil-rich power-brokering Saudi families by the oil-rich power-brokering US families in their continuing goals to keep the industrialized world oil-dependent.
Also, in the highly capitalist US financial markets there have always been those institutions ready to take big risk for big profit - sometimes you win big, sometimes you lose big. In the case of over leveraged financial banks we happen to see a lose big scenario. Insinuating that this market/risk correction in the US economy will "send [the US] crashing rock-bottom" is quite a reach. Further, a total US economic collapse would likely drive the rest of the industrialized world into continuous negative growth until the US recovered.
So as much as it sounds like you would revel in a US economic "crash", you likely wouldn't have much time to enjoy it before it lead to a recession near you.
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Obviously, every invasion is a matter of military superiority. I think Bush thinks the war in Iraq is a victory because it allows the continual back scratching of the oil-rich power-brokering Saudi families by the oil-rich power-brokering US families in their continuing goals to keep the industrialized world oil-dependent.
Also, in the highly capitalist US financial markets there have always been those institutions ready to take big risk for big profit - sometimes you win big, sometimes you lose big. In the case of over leveraged financial banks we happen to see a lose big scenario. Insinuating that this market/risk correction in the US economy will "send [the US] crashing rock-bottom" is quite a reach. Further, a total US economic collapse would likely drive the rest of the industrialized world into continuous negative growth until the US recovered.
So as much as it sounds like you would revel in a US economic "crash", you likely wouldn't have much time to enjoy it before it lead to a recession near you.
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