Former Argentine President Kirchner discussing President Bush's "War is Good" policy

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Former Argentine President Kirchner discussing President Bush's "War is Good" policy

Mon, 09/27/2010 - 22:45

Oliver Stone mentioned this conversation on a recent episode of Bill Maher. The main speaker is former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner. Yes, the Bush era is over. Still, this is pretty amazing:

I said that a solution for the problems right now, I told Bush, is a Marshall Plan. And he got angry.

He said the Marshall Plan is a crazy idea of the Democrats.

He said the best way to revitalize the economy is war. And that the United States has grown stronger with war.

... He said that. Those were his exact words.

To paraphrase Gordon Gecko "War is Good."

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