My solution to the Iraq War-- partial privatization of national security!

JB

I think the best solution to the Iraq war is to take a page from the signature domestic policy initiative of President Bush's second term.

I propose that each President be given a personal National Security Investment Savings Account modeled on the proposed Social Security Investment Savings Accounts. Under this partial privatization of National Security, each Commander-in-Chief would be given a specific amount of money taken from the national budget that he could invest in stocks, bonds, or other financial investments. He can then use the proceeds to fund any military actions or preemptive strikes he likes.

After all, it's his money.

Like most Americans, Commanders-in-Chief should be encouraged to save responsibly for their future military invasions and preemptive attacks. This will end the culture of dependency created by the failed liberal policies of the past, where Commanders-in-Chief failed to save money for military aggression in their golden years, knowing that an indulgent Congress would bail them out.

Under the new partial privatization of National Security plan, Commanders-in-Chief will be told in no uncertain terms: "Here's your money: now don't spend it all on one war." And if the Commander-in-Chief blows his personal military savings account on an unwise purchase of military aggression, he will just have to live with the consequences like everyone else.

It's time to end the infantilization of Presidents caused by our military Nanny State. Our country was made great by building character through personal responsibility. In the long run, Commanders-in-Chief will feel empowered by the knowledge that if they can earn more money through wise investment decisions than through Congressional handouts, they can have the kind of wars they really want and attack all of the countries they've always dreamed of overthrowing. And at the end of the day, isn't that what the ownership society is really all about?