[Chainmail]

Sure. Political expediency always works better than actually protecting the country. Never knew my fellow conservatives were so gutless.

[Alberta's Child]

Fighting a stupid war in Iraq had nothing to do with “protecting the country.”

Having that debacle orchestrated by the same Beltway @ssholes who have been pushing for an unfettered invasion of this country by Third World peasants should have been the first signal to you. It sure as hell was to me.