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Originally Posted by bigc
1. all the intelligence agencies in the world were not telling us saddam had wmds. even our own intelligence folks had their doubts. we've gone over this time and time again, and even the bush administration's own people are now starting to admit that the intelligence was shaded.
2. common sense told me the war would not be as easy as it was being sold to the public. even GHWB knew invading iraq would not be a good idea.
3. your analogy is incorrect. a more accurate analogy would be some punk kid waving a gun across town at someone besides you. also, america is not the world's police. if so, we should have continued the fight in afghanistan and moved to head off the genocide in darfur long before it got to the point where it is today.
back to the original topic, as i've stated needless & wasteful spending should be cut. however, you can't discount the wasteful spending voted for by our politicians simply because their's wasn't the only name on it. if you're serious about objection to needless spending, you should start with the $531 billion elephant in the room rather than the $18 billion in pork doled out by congress (some of which is good, btw).
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you point #1 - having doubts about the intelligence reports you put out, and slanting the intelligence doesn't change what the senators read.
#2 - the foremost political and military analysts in the WORLD agree that GHWB SHOULD have invaded Iraq fully, and disposed Saddam at that time
#3 - then who is the world police, the UN? that's like the mexican police!! the peacekeepers rape women in Darfur, 6 officials now indicted for oil -for-food scandal, 3 others for being on Saddams' payroll
as for the original topic, i'm focusing on what the individuals are wasting.... not what all members of congress voted on