Clinton speaks!
Finally they speak! Tradition be damned, Clinton finally realizes that his silence is approval, so instead, he openly criticized the blunders of the Bush administration: Katrina, the Oil War, and the budget deficit.
Particularly on point are these words:
On the US budget, Clinton warned that the federal deficit may be coming untenable, driven by foreign wars, the post-hurricane recovery programme and tax cuts that benefitted just the richest one percent of the US population, himself included.
"What Americans need to understand is that ... every single day of the year, our government goes into the market and borrows money from other countries to finance Iraq,
Afghanistan, Katrina, and our tax cuts," he said.
"We have never done this before. Never in the history of our republic have we ever financed a conflict, military conflict, by borrowing money from somewhere else."
"What Americans need to understand is that ... every single day of the year, our government goes into the market and borrows money from other countries to finance Iraq,
Afghanistan, Katrina, and our tax cuts," he said.
"We have never done this before. Never in the history of our republic have we ever financed a conflict, military conflict, by borrowing money from somewhere else."
There are various instances in history in which an empire finances its expeditions by borrowing money. In all cases, the new lands gained are soon lost to the creditors, and the empire finds itself a conduit between the new riches it has bought with blood and the ever increasing fortunes of their creditors. Spain, England, even Rome come to mind.
But it is good to see that Clinton has still something to say. Are there more people willing to criticize the naked emperor?