Creating Terrorists with War Fever

In the New York Times, Paul Krugman argues that the Iraq war was a giant bait-and-switch in his article, Other People's Sacrifice. bq. Mr. Bush and his officials portrayed the invasion of Iraq as an urgent response to an imminent threat, and used war fever to win the midterm election. Then they insisted that the costs of occupation and reconstruction would be minimal, and used the initial glow of battlefield victory to push through yet another round of irresponsible tax cuts. Would Bush have gotten his war or his tax cuts if the American people had been given all the information straight-up, with no "spin" and no "sexing up"? Will Iraq be an even more dangerous breeding ground for terrorists? The U.S. occupation now labels any armed resisters to U.S. rule as terrorists and perhaps the line is blurring. Perhaps we've insured that Iraqi nationalists will attack Americans in Iraq and elsewhere. even Iraqis opposed to Saddam Hussein don't necessarily want U.S. rule, (especially when the "occupying forces are running the place with ex-Saddam loyalists":http://www.nonviolence.org/articles/000130.php, "see here also":http://www.nonviolence.org/articles/000027.php). One poll says "More Americans think the Iraq War will increase terrorism":http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=22&u=/ap/20030909/ap_on_re_us/attacks_polls_2. Like most wars, the War on Terrorism simply feeds future wars and gives job security to military industries around the world.