In case anyone thought the Iraq war was simple "mismanaged"

[DarrinS]

Well he is in on it partially. He is ( or will be in the near future) using the financial and economic crisis as a platform from which certain reforms (which in the time of prosperity would/ could never be passed through congress and senate) will be passed. In that respect he is following the Chicago boys manual.
The difference however is, that contrary to the people of whom Klein speaks in her book, Obama or his party didn't ( and could't) intentionally create or help create ( nor did republicans or anyone else for that matter) this situation to benefit from it economically. So outta the 3 step shock doctrine policy, Obama gets one step right.

You understood my point. George Gervin's Afro (LOL) did not.

[ElNono]

Bush wanted to dictate oil prices to record highs so that his party could lose two elections in a row. Got it.

He didn't win the war, due in part to what was deemed incompetence.
Plus it's not like gas had much to do with it, when every poll from 2006 and up until the economy imploded signaled that the number one concern for Americans was the war.

[Supergirl]

Well he is in on it partially. He is ( or will be in the near future) using the financial and economic crisis as a platform from which certain reforms (which in the time of prosperity would/ could never be passed through congress and senate) will be passed. In that respect he is following the Chicago boys manual.
The difference however is, that contrary to the people of whom Klein speaks in her book, Obama or his party didn't ( and could't) intentionally create or help create ( nor did republicans or anyone else for that matter) this situation to benefit from it economically. So outta the 3 step shock doctrine policy, Obama gets one step right.

Well, there's also the major difference of Obama wanting to put vital services back in the hands of government, where they have SOME hope of being managed appropriately and have some oversight, as opposed to the Chicago Boys, whose model is to use a crisis to quickly deregulate and sell off the state piece by piece to multinational corporations.