The Horse has left the Barn... and meanwhile, our Politicians still ain't even halfway serious about "Border Control".
You said a mouthful there. Spend BILLIONS on airport security and leave the house "Unlocked" I love Bush, but he has made a mistake here.
PER-ZACKLY.
I am afraid that this Article may indeed be correct -- Saddam DID HAVE a butcher's pantry full of WMD's, and the ONLY RESULT of all our stalling around seeking "UN approval" was to give him time to EXPORT the whole lot of them!
And now...
I still wish... I still wish... that Dubya Bush woulda had the gumption to rescind "Falling Down Ford"s Executive Order 12333 against Assassination, and give CIA and Mossad's best wet-work contractors the opportunity to afflict Saddam and his Boyz with a sudden case of 9mm Lead Poisoning whilst Colin was still stalling the UN...
"Activate all our Assassins."
"ALL of them, sir?!"
"You heard me, ALL of them. Bring up EVERYBODY. I want Bourne in a body-bag by sun-down!!"
Well, maybe it wouldn't have worked against Saddam. Maybe it is "Just the Movies". Those decisions are made above my pay-grade, anyway (But I still think it woulda been worth a shot, or nine).
But now that (according to the UN itself) thousands of tons of Iraqi WMDs are circulating Terrorist Bazaars from Riyadh to Amman to Istanbul... the Cat is outta the Bag, and I for one would prefer that Weapons of Mass Destruction didn't end up in New York (I hate New York City, would never live there again, but it's a great place to visit).
This being a "Democracy", I thought I was supposed to get a VOTE. Well, my Vote says we could use that $87 Billion here on the home front (I'll help "rebuild Iraq" -- by purchasing their Sweet Crude Oil! They don't need my Tax Dollars, they can earn my Gas Dollars!).
Between installing "El Al"-style Israeli Protective Blast Doors on our Airliner Cockpits, and commissioning our "National Guardsmen" to... Oh, I dunno... Guard our National Borders (which, I think, many Guardsmen would prefer -- being closer to Home and Family), I bet we could put that $87 Billion to some pretty good use right here at home.
See, I AM a Free Trader and I AM a Pro-Immigrationist (for the right kind of Immigrant -- No Welfare, English-speaking, no Criminal Record, and Employable Skills is always nice)... but I just don't believe that "we don't have the resources" to Inspect our Ports and Protect our Borders.
We have a $400-500 BILLION dollar Defense Budget, much of which is being squandered away on "Allies" who don't even want us anymore... they're rich Countries, let them defend themselves.
If our $400-500 BILLION dollar "Defense Budget" is gonna be spent on anything, how about Defending our own Ports and Borders? Can I get a bid for even a lousy $100 Billion for that "Budget Priority", it being the NATIONAL DEFENSE Budget, and all?
"We don't have the Resources" to Inspect our Ports and Protect our Borders? As John Stossel would say: "gimme a break!"
Egads. OP