Even though the citizens of the United States will pay for Bush’s belief that he was called to bring democracy to those in the Middle East, we tend to focus on the impact on our domestic issues. Using a credit card to support military power results in an inability to address the educational, health, infrastructure needs of our country.
David Ignatius confronts the significant loss of our power to influence the outcome of issues impacting peoples of other nations. The deterioration of our status in the eyes of world leaders is compounded by our inability to “purchase” good will. Our fiscal situation limits what we can give to others (not that it was significantly high before).
While we can hope that a new president will establish a path that will give other nations and leaders reason to reconsider their position with us, we will remain handicapped by the fiscal constraints resulting from the massive debt caused by the combination of tax cuts and higher expenditures.
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