Spider,
I was a republican conservationist at one point in time.
But frankly speaking i am not so sure anymore. I mean telling people "how they should live and govern themselves" is frankly speaking not our business. We call ourselves an open society, we have 1st amendment which we use to remind the whole world how "liberal" we are; on the other hand we go over board telling "others" to be like "either become us / like us" or you are a terrorist nation ? thats contradictory and stupid.
I mean come on! we've got so many home grown nut cases as it is, then theres Economy. My tax dollars go to this war every month. I toil day after day ... only to know that eventually I wouldn't be getting Social security benefits ?
Roads, infrastructure, getting our jobs back, increasing and hastening legal immigration (hastening because if we think practically, countries like China and India are doing well because they have "young" people there), making our Medical providers and Insurance (health especially) better is what i am concerned about as i am sure most americans are too.
In response to who should pay for the war, my dear friends, U.S is paying for the war. Take a look at our economy, Canadian dollar is doing better than us for crying out loud. And so yes, proudly we say no terrorist attacks since sept 11. True, but Connection with Iraq and Sept 11 doesn't just clinch well with me anyways ...
Rick