Who to listen to?

As the build up to war with Iraq was going on The Bush administration even in talking about a land war were thinking we would be greeted as liberators and it would be short. The left virulently opposed going to war and thought we would be fighting the same battles fought in the sixties in Viet Nam.

Now I think that our war efforts were instrumental in helping to keep terrorism at bay and worth the effort. But I also think the lefts arguments had some merit in that war is unpredictable and the short war rarely happens.

It makes me think that when we are making policy decisions we need to concentrate more on the detractors than the proponents. leaders tend to be optimistic and enthusiastic about their ideas and don't always follow the idea all the way to consequences.

So when Pres. Obama and the Democrats are telling you how great health care reform( reform of the payment methods the care is already there) remember to listen to the detractors. If someone in government predicts 1 trillion dollars over ten years and the detractors say it can't be done at that price I would bet on the detractors.