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We have resources to engage in pre-emptive war-- just not pre-emptive liberation/occupation.

How do you justify that statement. We have around 150,000 troops in Iraq; which is about 1/10,000% of our population. What rational basis can there possible be for claiming that we are tapped out? We would even be perfectly within our right to demand and obtain compensation from Iraq for our nation building effort. So it is not even a question of dollars.

We might as well pull the flag down and fly our pink bloomers.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Regarding active personnel, we are "tapped out" as defined by being able to do everything we want to do in Iraq and Afghanistan. We can draft others, of course. I'm talking about what we can use now.

We are not going to take money from Iraq. We are trying to show we aren't motivated by money. We are even asking nations holding Iraqi debt to forgive the debt. Besides, oil revenues are a fraction of what we need. The money Iraq gets from the UN's oil for food program goes to the Iraqis-- rebuilding schools and power plants and such-- and not to reduce our budget deficit.

Flying our pink bloomers? That's about right as it relates to this new resolution.

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