Tin Cup - An $87 Billion Appeal for Credibility: Editorial attempts to put in perspective the immense sums being spent on imperialism. It seems clear that the United States has reached its military and financial limits in the Iraq adventure - further wars against Iran, Syria or Korea are not possible right now simply due to lack of both funds and manpower. The budget deficit is huge. The bloated US military and the Iraq adventure could be to the US what Afghanistan was to the Soviet Union - a failed war which bankrupted the nation.

Tin Cup - An $87 Billion Appeal for Credibility: Editorial attempts to put in perspective the immense sums being spent on imperialism. It seems clear that the United States has reached its military and financial limits in the Iraq adventure - further wars against Iran, Syria or Korea are not possible right now simply due to lack of both funds and manpower. The budget deficit is huge. The bloated US military and the Iraq adventure could be to the US what Afghanistan was to the Soviet Union - a failed war which bankrupted the nation.