And if it is, should we mourn or celebrate?
Paul Soglin seems to believe the former. Soglin makes a point that I don’t think Barack Obama should quote on the campaign trail, but is intriguing nonetheless.
Soglin, connecting the war to a weakened dollar, contends that a Belgian beer conglomerate’s bid to buy Anheuser-Busch would never have been possible without George W. Bush’s military adventurism.
Call me unpatriotic, but couldn’t the people in St. Louis learn a thing or two about brewing beer from the Belgians (or from Wisconsinites)?
One commenter on the post makes the point succinctly: “Not to worry about the loss of Budweiser, it is just a cheap imitation of the real thing. If you want good Budweiser, you will find it in any grocery store in Prague.”
That’s right, the original Bud is Czech.