Guy de Lusignan: Give me a war.
Reynald de Chatillon: That is what I do.
--Kingdom of Heaven
David Stockman suggests that Barack Obama, the 'peace candidate of 2008,' is kowtowing to the influence of the warfare state with his recent comments aimed at the latest figment of terroristic fear presented before the American public: ISIS.
Perhaps. But another motive for beating wardrums could be that the president thinks he needs the ultimate distraction to divert attention from other issues, including a sputtering economy. He may even buy into the perverse logic employed by past presidents that war jump starts the domestic economy.
A deadly fallacy, quite literally.
Chance of war continues to increase.
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