Reading this report, I can only hope it is accurate.  If the United States was to go into 2009 with a strong economy, that would mean we could be certain to engage in more international warfare on foreign soil.  (Who gets elected would have made no difference.  The McBama presidency will mean more war unless something restrains the person holding that office.

So if God is forcing us to bring our armies home and to get back into production rather than consumption and international nation-“building,” then let us be thankful.  Military virtues are real virtues, but they shouldn’t be put to the service of impossible schemes that promise safety and peace in the far future and only deliver chaos and uncertainty in the real world.  These schemes are typically generated by people who would never serve a minute in the military and have no concept of military virtues.  Being poor is a great way to force people to deal with reality.