Veterans benefits question : if the war continues / Curtis Lang.

Curtis Lang, journalist for the Village Voice, speaks about the present and future costs of the war with Iraq, 1990-1991. He points to the stated President Bush policy of cutting defense spending while there is a war going on, the monetary cost of waging war, that veteran benefits could cost %300 more than the actual war. He argues that the war will not effect the decline in the U.S. economy, which is a result of overextended credit at every level of our society. He also makes connections between Neil Bush's investments and oil monies. He concludes with a short history of Iraq as the cradle of Western civilization, and how that history was a casualty of the war.|VETERANS BENEFITS QUESTION : IF THE WAR CONTINUES / Curtin Lang. - Curtis Lang, journalist for the Village Voice, speaks about the present and future costs of the war with Iraq. He points to the stated Bush policy of cutting defense spending while there is a war going on, the monetary cost of waging war, that te veterans benefits could cost %300 more than the actual war. He argues that the war will not effect the decline in the U.S. economy, which is a result of overextended credit at every level of our society. He also makes connections between Neil Bus's investments and oil monies. He concludes with a short history of Iraq as the cradle of Western civilization--and how that history was a casualty of the war. RECORDED: early 1991.