Why are republicans so willing to spend hundreds of billions of our tax dollars on the people of Iraq but not?

Question

the people of America? Should we be worried about their people or ours, which is more important?

Answer 1

Because there is no profit in helping the people of America. Those who are sick, disabled, underprivileged, disadvantaged, elderly, unemployed, and homeless need to remain so in order that the wealthy members of our society can exploit them. In Iraq, we can ship billions of dollars of new military vehicles, armaments, ammunition, supplies and materials which make a handful for wealthy elitists, industrialists and power brokers wealthier and more powerful. War is only 'hell' for those who have to fight it; war is 'heaven' for those who can sit back in their limousines and rake in profits from the rape of American taxpayers. -RKO- 08/26/07

Answer 2

While I am against the war and think that it is asinine to suggest that most or even a large portion of the Iraqis killed were terrorists (over 200k civilians with no terrorist ties dead so far) I don't think you can say that one group of people are more importaunt than another. I would argue though that in many ways the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have made life worse for those people. They lost the infrastructure and social services that their old governments provided and have yet to get any really freedoms. They may technically have more freedom now but how can anyone truly be free when you constantly have to worry about getting blown up by terrorists, shot by trigger happy Americans or oppressed by drug lords.

Answer 3

there are a number of fiscally conservative Democrats and independents who attended those Tea events. The polls coach that over 0.5 the electorate in this u . s . a . approved of them. i did no longer approve of Bush spending that funds and that i do no longer approve of Obama spending this funds. As an autonomous who did no longer help Bush and helps Obama on many subject concerns i'm bored with listening to this same excuse. I and a number of others have been VERY vocal while Bush spent that funds. this is not any excuse for the Democrats to do an analogous situation. how are you able to declare that no person complained approximately Bush while the guy left workplace with an approval score interior the 20s? end blaming the previous administration and concentration on how we will get out of this mess. all of us understand what an fool Bush replaced into.

Answer 4

I don't like the tone of your question.The Iraqi people are just as important as Americans.The reason there is a civil war in that country and most of the troubles they have now is a direct result of failed American policy.
Iraq was a stable country under Saddam,not very nice if you opposed him but still stable
America broke it and they should fix it.However the US military has done everything it could.They are not responsible for the orders they were given.They should come home.They did their part and did it good.The new Iraq needs a political solution.The American presence in Iraq now only fuels the civil war and kills young Americans every day it's prolonged.There is no magic solution.Iraq is bad and it will probably get worse before it gets better.Thanks Neocons
This quagmire was predictable

Answer 5

The money being spent in Iraq is for the benefit of America.

Answer 6

Because the crypto-racists that run the Republican party haven't figured out that Iraqis are 'brown' people.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

We should not do any of the reconstruction period. When we are building the Iraqi's new bridges while ours are collapsing thats a problem.

Answer 9

just think of all the tax cuts they could get if we weren't blowin all that money over there..........
we could actually take care of our own for a change,maybe even fix up walter reed and the V.A. amongst other things.

Answer 10

$2.5 trillion = cost of amnesty for undocumented workers. Democrats want amnesty.

"Why Are Democrat Congressmen Willing To Spend $2.5 Trillion On Undocumented Workers, but are against spending money on making America safer?" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoM1EQPWWidsU36eFQGM_rTty6IX?qid=20070725212926AAXyGSV

"Nancy Pelosi is against President Bush's workplace raids. She also voted against building a border fence even when Mexico indicated the border fence will work. That bill was signed into law by President Bush"
"""She led the opposition and voted against the Secure Fence Act of 2006 recently signed into law by President Bush to build a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border...She opposed the Real ID Act of 2005, a valuable anti-terror tool, while bragging that Democrats under her leadership "defeated Republican attempts to restrict the easily forged Matricula Consular card" issued by the Mexican government..." In 2003, she accused immigration officers of conducting "terrorizing raids" on Wal-Mart stores that led to the arrest of more than 300 [undocumented workers] ""
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=247191278714751

$2.5 trillion ( U.S. government website )
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/rector070517.pdf