For years wars were fought, not because we wanted to but because we needed to. From the Revolutionary war to both World War and World War II America fought because it was the right thing to do. For the last 50 years that has changed, and now America fight for profit, war has become the new stimulus package. The problem with that is unlike when we fought wars for the right reasons now very few people are touched by the death and destruction war brings.
The media is just as much to blame for the 4,000 plus lives wasted in Iraq as the Bush white house and yes other countries and some democrats thought the war was a good idea but they were also using intelligence and lies put out by the white house as their reasoning. Instead of asking everyone to sacrifice what did republicans do after we invaded Iraq? They cut taxes on their rich friends and for the first time in history we fought a war on our credit card and worse we send our young men and women to die unarmed with the tools they needed.
These same heartless people who were more than happy to send your children to die for their cause are cheering for another war and at least on network (Fox News) is aiding them but spreading fear and propaganda. Why are they so willing to waste American lives you might wonder, like everything else just follow the money. How much money did the Vice President's former company make from the Iraq war? How much did his stock go up. KBR made billions while killing American soldiers while cutting corners, how many soldiers died in the shower because of faulty wiring that KBR refused to fix.
There is a movie that I believe is called "Iraq for Sale" that shows you how companies raked the American taxpayers over the coals, padding the pocket at the expense of our brave men and women in uniform. It's bad enough that they exploit the deaths of Americans to help get us into war but to exploit the men and women they sent to die unprepared and unarmed so their friends could make huge profits is just sick.
If you don't think republicans are planning on doing it again just listen to them speak, they want to send troops back to Iraq and also invade Iran. The Iran talk is the same things we heard about Iraq that turned out to be lies.
I say if you vote to send Americans to war that's fine but yourself or you immediate family must sign up to fight and we should bring back a draft and a war tax to pay for it. It's bad enough you're robbing families of young men and women to fight your wars but now you're punishing them by cutting their social security, medicare or veterans benefits to pay for it.