The military still only takes up about 4% of our GDP. It's nothing compared to WWII. Using the war as an excuse is the typical W apolegetics. GWB has a perfect "no veto" record. Something he also did as governor long before the War.
First of all I didn't use the war as an excuse. (Reading 101, see Spot run.) Secondly, I smell a liberal type debater here. You should try DU. They use tactics such as yours. You have ignored a lot of my questions and made up your own trickies to divert attention from my comments that you seem to have no answer for. I know your type well. I married into a family of them and I live in a city full of them. Remember the movie Arthur? "Don't screw with me Bert."