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.)