Bush Dismisses Iraq Recession: The War Has ‘Nothing To Do With The Economy’

[Amerigo Vespucci]

This morning on NBC’s Today Show, President Bush denied that the there’s any link between the faltering U.S. economy and $10 billion a month being spent on the Iraq war. In fact, according to Bush, the war is actually helping the economy:

CURRY: You don’t agree with that? It has nothing do with the economy, the war — spending on the war?

BUSH: I don’t think so. I think actually the spending in the war might help with jobs…because we’re buying equipment, and people are working. I think this economy is down because we built too many houses and the economy’s adjusting.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/18/bush-iraq-economy/

[thunder rising]

1. 2 + 2 = anything I fucking want it too. No science, no math. I'm the magic man.

[pingzing58]

6. Perfect commentary Thunder! Thanks.

[nytemare]

2. And it has no effect on gas prices, either!

I have money trees, and I can just pull more money off of them anytime I want. But, the "Healthy Forest" program may have wiped out some of the money trees.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. I feel so much better now that I know the war is good and building too many houses to live in is bad

War good - housing bad. Yup.

[Maggie_May]

4. What a idiot!!

So Bush if the war has nothing to do with the bad economy than why all the cuts in the budget???

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Fuck Saddam? No! Fuck a trillion dollars!

[Bigmack]

7. He's right! The economy is BONED regardless of the war.

No surprise, after what Dumbya has done to it.

With the War figured in... the economy is .... what? .... DOUBLE-BONED?

[fascisthunter]

8. Bush Dismisses Reality

because he's a psychopath

[gratuitous]

9. Then pay for it yourself, skidmark

You and your overrich war profiteer asswipe buddies.

[Imagevision]

10. Get a clue! put Iraq's Billion$$$ booty stateside for the past 5 years then say that!

[MiniMe]

11. That is what his war profiteer friends at Halliburton and Blackwater keep telling him