Obama, McCain & the waning American...

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Iraq is draining our resources, and leaving us exposed to other threats with our military fully engaged (and struggling to keep up) in Iraq already.

I don't actually think Iraq is that much of a pull on our resources. Entitlement spending in the 2008 budget is 1.527 trillion (that's 1,000,000,000 x 1527 to look at it another way). Military spending is 626 billion, only 145 of which is the "Global War on Terror."

So the war in terror costs just a shade over 9% of what entitlements costs are. In a budget of roughly 2.9 trillion, the war on terror accounts of half a percent overall, entitlements 52 percent.

What other more pressing military threats are you alluding to? What had we ought to be doing to address them that we are unable to now?