Excuse me but...
...where in God's name did the money for all that "defense spending" come from?!? It was picked from our pockets by the budget busting Republicans in reckless control of this nation. The American people would never have supported this war had they been told the truth about the true price tag.
Now don't get me wrong...I don't mind paying taxes for America's defense. I only object to paying for "defense spending" justified by erroneous claims of weapons of mass destruction. There is no relationship between our "defense spending" in Iraq and the defense of the American homeland...no relationship whatsoever.