Boin-ney, did I say it right?

[Drich]

EDIT: I meant F-35 not F-22.

Does anyone ever ask if the United States can afford more war?

Let's ask france what happens when we take a 'live and let live' attitude towards radical islam. It only takes one group of hateful people to start a conflict/war, there doesn't have to be consent on both sides. Radical Islam decided there will be a war, the United States simply 'insisted' we have it on their land and in their cities killing their people instead of ours.. France and other countries like it seems to think it is acceptable to allow their people to be slaughtered on mass and seemingly at Radical Islam's will, in order to maintain their philosophical positions. Which they have every right to do, but at the same time if someone has it in their mind to burn a house down and they will no matter what you try and do, then I am all for making them burn their own houses scorch their own land and kill their own children before they come here after mine.

The other thing you need to consider if not for the US involvement and constant resitance of Radical Islam on their own soil, they would be alot more free to focus on nations like france/bringing the war to them.

Why is the Department of Defence not audited?

It is. Congress appoints oversite commities that audit everything. Here was last years itinerary: http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm...8b24c938f1

Maybe if the United States stopped bullying other countries so much they could afford the things other Western countries can seem to afford just fine - and make the world a safer place too.

-OR If we stop acting like the world police then countries closer to the afflicted middle east would nut up and take a more active role, which would defund their give a ways programs but allow the US to start it's own. Either that, or the EU will allow Radical Islam to grow out of control and we in our life times will see Europe fall under Sharia Law.

F-35 is a big waste of money but it took billions to realize that.

Trillions. Do you think that money was just printed and burned? It was spent in this ecconomy. It provided Jobs, the creation of business and it provides valuable re-learning lesson on the limits of a multi role fighter. So that the next fighter we build does not repeat the same mistakes. the money spent here allowed people to Earn a living rather than be provided with one.

Iraq war was never a good idea, but it took hundreds of thousands of lives for the political elites to realize that. All that money spent on the Iraq war could easily have gone to decreasing income inequality. There are many developing countries that have a more equal distribution of wealth than the United States, supposedly the richest country on the Earth.

Do you know who Chris Kyle is? He wrote a book and after he was killed they did a Movie about him (American Sniper. He was a navy seal sniper with the most kills) In the book (wasn't in the movie) he tells of a mission he went on before his big sniper count and they/Seals US Navy stopped a freighter leaving Iraq headed towards Syria that was loaded from the Keel to the top of the cargo hold with 100lb bags of cement. The seal team was given the order to 'check the load'/make sure they were not smuggling anything out under the concrete. So they spent the next 14 hours unloading this cargo hold, near the bottom of the hold they found several shipping containers, they got in side and found Medium range Missiles and chemical war heads. (the weapons of mass destruction that supposedly did not exist.) Chris reports this was one of several 'cement' shipments that ran between Syria and Iraq. Once they reported what they found, they were taken off the ship, and he didn't know what happened to the cargo ship.

Just incase you don't understand what this all means, Saddam did indeed amass a weapons of mass destruction stock pile, and one only does that as a deterrent/assured mutual destruction, or they plan to use them. As Saddam did not have and neighbors with similar capabilities then the weapons would not be used as a deterrent. That means he planned to use them in another land/power grab. Or as some reports indicated at the time he was using them against the people in his northern provinces.

So if you are one of those who let the talking heads of CNN do all of your thinking for you, and you never look beyond the veil then I can understand how and why you think you are right. However if you get to the point to where you learn to think beyond what you are spoon fed you will begin to see a world not so black and white.