said by Jason Levine :

Sarcasm aside, that's actually the real reason. "Spent $6 billion to rebuild some roads and bridges" isn't a eye catching campaign item. "Spent $6 billion hunting down and capturing terrorists intent on destroying America" is. The latter is likely to woo voters than the former so that's how the politicians spend our money. They only care about these "non-sexy" items when something catastrophic happens. (In which case, it suddenly becomes politically "sexy" to care about it.)

said by VegasMan :

Shit we invaded North Africa again? When did this happen?

said by Tzale :

I'd rather they spend my money on something I am actually going to use versus having them spend it on killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara.

said by uR :

Geography time: The Sahara Desert is in Africa. Iraq is not. And there's a lot more than camels and tents there; they do have buildings and cars and stuff.

But yeah. This whole episode is a gross abuse of our national resources—especially given the rather obvious ulterior motives involved.

(Has that "war" even been declared? Everyone is calling it a war; but i don't recall it ever going to Congress.)

said by Tzale :

... killing some assholes and camels in a tent in the middle of the Sahara.

-Tzale