Originally Posted by aceventura3

My point was not clear. How do you know we overspent? You don't, I don't, all we can do is speculate. But to only focus on the costs and base an argument on that is dishonest in my opinion. To use a personal example, if I spend $600 on a motorcycle helmet and that helmet saves my life it is clear the money spent was worth it. If I never have an accident, did I overspend? Or, how about this, if a person threatens to kill me and I spend $10,000 to prevent an attack that could cost my life, did I overspend? We may never know the answer with certainty, all we can do is base our judgment on speculation and assumption. Regarding the war on terror our views most likely differ, but as a nation more people agreed with taking proactive military action than disagreed.