If they stopped fighting their damned foreign wars, they'd have enough money to put the entire peacetime society back on its feet. One of the reasons I've been bitterly disappointed in Obama ever since he was elected (and even before) was his determination to enlarge the war in Afghanistan, and his commitment to other military occupations and conflicts (Iraq and Libya).

The only presidential candidates in 2008 who took what I regard as a responsible stand toward ending USA wars abroad were Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul. None of the others had the guts or the honesty or the vision to do so. They were all playing the "Patriot Game" in order to get votes...and funding! And media support.