Originally Posted by Laker14

ah...my point.

if one believes that a war is necessary, or even the best possible option, AND one purports to give a rat's behind about "mortgaging our children's future", then it behooves them to find a way to pay for the war as we go.

I fault both sides of the aisle for this. However, as the Obama budget gains momentum, now the GOP, and many who supported the war without supporting paying for it, are playing the "how are we going to pay for this" and "we're mortgaging our children's future" cards.

And herein lies the point under the point, and that is that those who play that card now, rather than when we were preparing for the war, demonstrate that in their minds, it's ok to deficit spend for bombs and bullets, but not for education and health care.

And thus, they lose all credibility with anyone sitting anywhere to the left of their perch on the far, far right. So a lot of moderates who would have voted Republican had the previous administration shown some of it's purported concern for the fiscal viability of future generations said "Screw it! If the Republicans are just going to **** away (pardon my French) the future for a war we don't agree with, then we might as well elect Obama, who may very well do the same thing, but at least it won't be for the purpose of killing people."