Monday, April 23, 2007

Paul Krugman | A Hostage Situation

Paul Krugman | A Hostage Situation

The New York Times

Monday 23 April 2007

There are two ways to describe the confrontation between Congress and the Bush administration over funding for the Iraq surge. You can pretend that it's a normal political dispute. Or you can see it for what it really is: a hostage situation, in which a beleaguered President Bush, barricaded in the White House, is threatening dire consequences for innocent bystanders - the troops - if his demands aren't met.

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