SvD has an article today about how all the wars the US is fighting is driving up the cost of bullets. I wonder how expensive it needs to get before war becomes unacceptable on economic grounds.
Wouldn't it be ironic, for example, if the NRA (National Rifle Association) started lobbying for the troops in Iraq to be pulled out because the cost of bullets for it's members was getting too high!
In general people are selfish in that they worry most about the things that directly affect them. For the average person in the US, the war does not change their daily lives so much unless they have some personal link to the people serving there. It's not until there is some direct effect which impacts on their daily lives that they start really making a fuss which the politicians need to take account of.
A sign of life
6 months ago
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