The last time the U.S. went to war with Iraq, the S&P dropped by 10 percent, the Dow by 10 percent. This issue is an artificial injection into the economic scenario that is hopefully a one-time affair. But it creates a lot of turbulence and sends people running for cover.

Mike Thompson

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