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| TOPINKA: War too expensive!!! |
Her
serious point is that any military effort that isn’t completely pointless is
going to be expensive – probably to the point that the U.S. government really
can’t afford it.
OR,
AS THE blunt-spoken official put it following an extensive trashing of Illinois state government for its financial mess, “We don’t need another war, because we can’t
afford that either.”
Perhaps
she’s on to something. Because the Congressional Budget Office released a
report this week saying that it doesn’t have a clue how much a military strike
involving Syria would wind up costing the federal government.
“The
administration has not detailed how it would use the authority that would be
provided by this resolution (authorizing the conflict); thus, CBO has no basis
for estimating the costs of implementing,” such a military effort, the report
reads.
Not
that cost is going to discourage those people who are determined to use
military force and justify it on the grounds that we’re teaching Syrian
officials a lesson for their use of chemical weapons on civilians.
ALL
MILITARY EFFORT is inherently expensive. Cost has never discouraged our war-mindset
from kicking into gear in the past. It certainly won’t now.
And
let’s be honest. The people who will vote against this particular request by
President Barack Obama for Congressional approval to use military force in
Syria are largely doing so for their own ideological hang-ups.
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| OBAMA: The war-time? prez |
Perhaps
it is the reason I have become apathetic about this issue. I realize it’s going
to happen, regardless of whatever opposition (which under typical circumstances I would be inclined to agree with) gets tossed its way.
Or
regardless of whatever financial sense Topinka tries to talk us into. Perhaps
our focus ought to be on trying to minimize its impact – which might go a long
way to containing its cost.
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