NP? War means work for all...

[Doug Millison]

...or at least fat-cat CEO compensation packages, investment brokerage
fees,  bonuses, and body bags:

"[...] Could it be that a lack of decisive follow-through in the global war
on terrorism is the single biggest problem facing the stock market and the
nation today? I believe it is.[...]

Decisive shock therapy to revive the American spirit would surely come with
a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Why not begin with a large-scale special-forces
commando raid on the Iraqi oil fields? This will send a shot across
Saddam's bow; an electrifying signal to all terrorist nations. The message
will be that the game is up. Surrender now or you will be crushed in a
short while.

Meanwhile, Saddam's cash flow can be cut off. Oil is his only crop, his
single manufacture. Without money there will be nothing left to steal, and
nothing to use to pay off his cronies.

A couple of weeks later a final assault on Baghdad can take place. A small
war, to use Wall Street Journal editorialist Max Boot's lexicon, led by
fast-moving special forces and leather-toughened Marines, and assisted by
high-tech precision bombs and air cover, can get the job done. All-out war
mobilization is unnecessary. Iraq will fall with much less. At the same
time, U.S. special forces must conduct a similar sweep to root out the bin
Ladens and al Qaedas along the Pakistani/Afghan border. [...]

The shock therapy of decisive war will elevate the stock market by a
couple-thousand points. We will know that our businesses will stay open,
that our families will be safe, and that our future will be unlimited. The
world will be righted in this life-and-death struggle to preserve our
values and our civilization. But to do all this, we must act. [...] "

http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/kudlow/kudlow062602.asp