The cost of war-mongering, including oil prices and national debt, will finally come home to roost and Americans will no longer be able to play while causing chaos in the world without feeling a pinch themselves. "Whatever a man (or nation) sows, that will he also reap". The housing sub-prime loan debacle will cause Humpty to fall off the wall, and you know the rest of the story. The Banksters are behind the wars (hint: changing theocratic countries opens new financial and merchandising markets), the same who made money on luring people into foolish loans. They are also the ones who bring you "Christmas" (a festival of spending) every year, the real Scrooges who profit from the so-called "holy-day".