The Iraq election
... act to distract the voters away from other major issues, which are facing the country. The major reason for being in Iraq was to destroy all of the huge stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. The report to be released this week states that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction. But, it has been changed to a mission of liberation for the Iraqie People. This was has come a very pretty penny – with a budget of over $144 billion. It is also estimated that over $177 million dollars is spent per day on this war effort. From what little I know the numbers don’t add up. Here are some facts facing this nation. · Millions of people living in hunger and homeless here in the US. · Millions of people without adequate or no health care. · Millions of people unemployed & unable to find jobs to support their families. · The US is one of the lowest scoring nations in the developed world. · Teachers still being under paid and expected to do more to improve our rating. · So...