We've run a (Budget) deficit since before WWII
Exactly when is this bill going to come due? And to whom? Ourselves?
As that is where the largest portion of our deficit is.
The interest payments come due all the time. They amounted to something over $400 billion last year (about $1,300 dollars for every man woman and child in the US)
As to who they are paid to, the US government has been borrowing very heavily abroad in recent years. According to official figures, the US government borrowed about $500 billion from overseas in 2004 and 2005, taking the total amount of US government debt held abroad to about $2.25 trillion. (about $7,500 for every man woman and child in the US)
I don't think the war in Iraq "created" any more terrorists than where allready there or elsewhere. Many of the insurgants in Iraq have been FOREIGN FIGHTERS....not Iraqis. This fueld by help from Iran and Syria.
It's a remarkable coincidence they all decided to become terrorists at the same time the US decided to invade Iraq. Because they certainly don't seem to have been very active prior to that.
The truth is, like the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq has motivated a huge number of Muslims to become actively involved. The biggest worry is that Iraq will follow the same pattern as Afghanistan, and that once victorious there, they will seek to continue the fight elsewhere.
This fueld by help from Iran and Syria. The truth is we've killed a heck of alot more of them then they have of us. All that does though is get spun to make us the monsters.
All that does is recruit even more of them. There are hundreds of millions of Muslims, and most Muslim countries have a very high birth rate. Thankfully, the percentage of them actively involved in terrorism is tiny, but thanks to Iraq it's growing.