War, what is it good for?

From the Big Picture, an excellent site for economic commentary. See if you can notice any trends with the chart below:



Legend:

1. Alan Greenspan becomes Fed chief
2. Oct.19, 1987 crash
3. Iraq invades Kuwait
4. Yahoo! IPO
5. Dow hits 11,750.
6. Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
7. Second Gulf War.
8. Ben Bernanke succeeds Greenspan

--WKW