L’Irak est plus que jamais le th\u00e8me central de la vie politique aux USA mais il commence d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 le devenir par le point fondamental du lien entre la guerre et la crise \u00e9conomique. L’id\u00e9e de ce lien est un apport fondamental des \u00e9conomistes Joseph Stiglitz et Linda Bilmes, comme on l’a not\u00e9<\/a> \u00e0 plusieurs reprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tL’id\u00e9e appliqu\u00e9e d’une fa\u00e7on concr\u00e8te \u00e0 la situation int\u00e9rieure a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e par un Repr\u00e9sentant d\u00e9mocrate, John Yarmuth, lors d’une \u00e9mission radiodiffus\u00e9e le 12 avril<\/a>, selon AP.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe growing cost to the United States of fighting the war in Iraq "is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it," a Democratic congressman said Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbRep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky linked the costly, unpopular war with the growing economic troubles some say recession in this country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbYarmuth said in the Democrats’ weekly radio address that the testimony this week of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker about the Iraq war served as reminder of the billions of dollars being poured into Iraq as the U.S. economy struggles.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbGeneral Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker failed to offer a plan to change direction in Iraq and redeploy our troops, Yarmuth said. Instead, they offered more of the same, with U.S. troops and taxpayers paying the price.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe U.S. government has spent more than half-a-trillion dollars in support of the war effort, while that money could be spent on pressing needs in this country, he said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tComme on le constate, cette logique Stiglitz-Blimes semble rencontrer un \u00e9cho tr\u00e8s favorable. Sous peu, le lien direct entre le co\u00fbt de la guerre et la crise \u00e9conomique sera, si l’on ose dire, un lien commun.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n