[avacado]

$170 billion for overthrowing a brutal totalitarian regime is small compared to the liberal welfare that the USA doles out to the tune of $1.7 billion per DAY (state & federal). And those recipients of such welfare murder more than 2500 Americans per year!

[churchillbuff]

$170 billion for overthrowing a brutal totalitarian regime"""

The new Iraq constitution declares Islam as the supreme law, and Christians who used to worship freely are being hounded out of the country. Yep, that's certainly worth increase the US debt (and US taxpayers' burdens) by $170 billion.

Also, all this new spending - and the high oil prices that disruption in the mideast is causing - may lead the GOP to lose Congress this year. Another high price for an unneeded war.