Free Republic

Congress did it in World War I. And in World War II. Again in the Korean War. Why not now? The United States is at war in Iraq, in Afghanistan and globally against terrorism. President Bush confirms the ventures' seriousness by asking Congress for an extra $87 billion of military- and reconstruction-related funding plus $41.3 billion for the Department of Homeland Security. Daily counts of our casualties tell us that the costs are not only economic. The expense will rise because, the president says, U.S. resolve is firm, and we won't quit until the job is done. It is deeply...