The Iraq war and Sub-prime crisis are two peas in a pod.

[European Socialist]

-Both have roots in the 90's and were made catastrophic by Bushco in the next century.

-Both were built on lies and deception.

-The public realized both were unsustainable long before most politicians did.

-Not much talk of justice for the evil doers

-Both show how strong special interests (military/industrial complex,financial industry) are, even as the USA lies in ruin.

[BlooInBloo]

1. (facepalm)

That's just dumb.

EDIT: Not the least of the reasons for the pure, unadulterated stupidity of that post is the fact that it was NOT a "subprime" crisis. That's simply the first spot where the mortgage crisis appeared. Prime foreclosures have since made up for that headstart, and are now outpacing subprime.

[European Socialist]

2. OK, Subprime was the match that lit the fire for the financial meltdown.

[BlooInBloo]

4. No, it wasn't. It was just the first place the meltdown was visible.

[cliffordu]

6. yep.

[TBF]

3. Imperialism is expensive. n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

5. There are WMDs in Iraq and I make

$10 million per year!