i think that discussions of afghanistan and iraq should be separate. bush brought the U.S. into iraq for illegal reasons. i lost track of the figures, and would appreciate comments. when i stopped counting, the iraq war cost us
$900 billion dollars (7.3 billion a month)...how many military killed...how many wounded, beyond defintion....how many innocent iraquis killed in the name of 'democracy'...at what cost to the 'brain drain' to the U.S....at what cost to our foreign policy? i had great respect for colin powell, as 'chairman, joint chiefs,
as National Security Advisor, then Secretary of State, until he prostituted himself
at the U.N., being a 'good soldier'. he should have said then, 'hey, this is crap....i resign.' he still had credibility at the time...and could have changed history. the record shows that he explained the 'pottery rule' to bush...'if you break it, you own it.' but bush left, and so, i am OK with what obama is doing to get us us out of the mess he inherited.

look at th budget we spend way more money keeping the parasites voting democrat than we ever spend on WAR give it a break look at the entitilement money.Goverment schools goverment healthcare goverment car companies goverment destroys insurance companies soon it will be goverment insurance and look at all the people here indoctrinated in goverment schools preaching for goverment except the evil military i bet the people of rowanda wished they could have seen a few united states marines come over the hill before Clinton let them be murdered,I bet a few million mong wished the democrats hadnt betrayed them in nam just before they and there children were murdered idiots the military is the only good use the imperial federal goverment puts our money too

Amen, Amen, Amen to Kucinich....he should be president.

This is very poorly written!!! The US is in Debt Democrats got in the white house with Obama in 2009!!! Try a bit of a reedit here & come back to me with what you come up with! War NEEDS to end that's a no duh! As is that fact that most republicans are stupid!

Minor correction for Mr Kucinich: Washington doesn't have money for war, sir, it has debt for war. Trillions of dollars of crippling debt, to be unfairly inherited for generations to come.

Also, with all due respect... go fuck yourself, Dennis. I saw you shilling for Obama like a fucking sellout. You played the independent political warrior for as long as it was advantageous, and then you buckled and shilled for Obama instead. Now Obama is doing PRECISELY what he promised to do and you're pretending to be outraged by this turn of events, DESPITE the fact that YOU promoted him when it became apparent that your anti-war campaign wasn't working. You voted for this, and you're getting exactly what you wanted.

This is precisely what Dwight Eisenhower warned us about, the military industrial complex, and the supreme court just made it easier for the weapons industry to further influence both the senate and the house to continue to support ever wider wars and keep the tax payers money flowing into their coffers...history is replete with the accounts of empires bankrupting themselves with wars..Spain, England, France...read just a little and you will learn a great deal.

However, public schools are given just enough funding to be a great training center for future soldiers of the NWO and Military Industrial Complex. Just enough education and tests to filter out those who could be of benefit to the system, and those with too much intellect or a capacity to ask insightful questions are rooted out, effectively scaring the rest of the children into falling into line and obeying orders. Do not ask questions, memorize the answers to the questions we give you and pass the test like a good drone.

Beyond that, even primitive cultures are able to provide the 4 basics to survival: (Think SWFT) Shelter, Water, Fire (energy/heat), Tummy (food). We are failing miserable in this so-called "modern" culture as we can not even provide these basic requirements for survival to an ever increasing percentage of our population. What ever happened to "We The People", have we become to self-absorbed or too frightened to care?

The solid truth is that this war is only serving the interests of the war profiteers. Unfortunately, it takes more courage to live peacefully than it takes to go to war.

no war...that sounds f*cking great!

This is what I say every time someone yells about me donating to Haiti when we have so many needs here at home. I donate to the United States relief effort every day of my life. This is called paying taxes. Now, if they use that money to kill people, that's a problem. Yell at them. Call a Congressman. I don't give a fuck. But leave me and my $10 out of it.

There was a clown on here earlier this week attempting to "be" an intellectual, making grand statements about how no govt./military had ever been defeated when fighting on its own turf. I didn't get a chance to respond to this dullard. Hope you're still out there.

What about south viet nam? They were on thier own turf until russia armed north viet nam and they invaded the south and TOOK thier turf. How bout them Ogala Souix? The french, the polish, the belgians, checz's...Didn't I see German tanks squishing them into dust?
I understand your a left wing hack promoting a clearly anti-american anti-u.s.soldier agenda...but puullleeeze...this make-a-fact approach is an insult to those of us who still retain the right and capability of individual thought

okay...how much do we send to iran? pakistan? saudi Arabia? Africa? Is war somehow dirtier if israel is involved?

Thanks for the link Jon. These wars must end soon. They are sucking the spirit out of our country.

So true it is, we send 7 million dollars a day to israel. Why isnt that money used in our own country?