$ No matter what , it has been a great waste of lives and money. But noone will acknowledge that, they will say they fought to defend their country, to defend freedom. And that's how you B.S. people.
What if they invaded Iraq specifically to position an army right next door to Iran? Without that army already there, it would be awfully difficult to fight any kind of serious battle, if that becomes necessary. It's certainly coincidental and convenient that Saddam just happened to be making his own weapons of mass destruction a few years earlier, which meant that they had to invade to stop him. Oh... wait a minute...
You'r wrong, The congress are the ones that takes final responsibility for the budget, Not the president. So Newt Gingrich deserve a metion here. Reagan, Bush I, Bush II, and Obama deficits are nothing compared to the Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson deficits (by GDP ratio). But Obama is going to bankrupt and ruin this country at this rate.
The first step in the budget process is the President submits his request, with his guidelines on how much should be spent. I'm sure if the president submitted a balanced budget request, congress wouldn't add hundreds of billions or trillions to it to create a large deficit. Also, comparing now to times past is not an aples to apples comparison. There was a gold standard during the times you mentioned, while there is no gold standard now. Also, as the budget was essentially balanced in previous years, there was not as much interest already being paid for old debt as there is now. Thirdly, the social programs were in their early stages, such as more than 10 workers per retiree not 2 or 3 workers per retiree like now. And last, America was a producing/manufacturing economy then. With Europe's and Asia's productive capacity bombed to bits, it was not hard to switch the US workers from making tanks and planes to making other goods, which the rest of the world had to buy for a time. I know the Prez doesn't need to sign the budget, but I'm sure members of his party make sure his goals are enacted to some extent. Also, the world now is not like the post WWII world where America was the only major country not to have it's manufacturing base seriously damaged.
The simple answer is no. We as Americans cannot afford to lose another life over greed, and corruption. 5,000 US Soliders Lives Lost to the war is a racket scam. http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ Also take note, that Iran is one of the only few countries left in the world who do not ANSWER to a CENTRAL BANK. To take this entire conversation deeper, go to the source. research Bank of International Settlements, the Federal Reserve, and you will find that the USA Military is a mere puppet to the corrupt elite.
Allowed? More like we pissed them off because we refused to continue trading with them. We told everyone that we were going to stay neutral. Then FDR decides to stop supplies that are heading for Japan. The US imposed a trade embargo.
WRONG.....not becoming, we are already a puppet of foreign interests......... http://www.infowars.com/empire-state-building-turns-red-yellow-for-chinas-60th/