I'm definitely with him (and you) on that point, too, Active. If we spent the billions we're spending on that war on humanitarian causes and on self-help and help to other areas of the world that could use our aid, we'd be a lot better off. He's right that continuing the war simply continues to alienate us from the Muslim world, which I think is a dangerous and senseless thing to do.

What blows me away is to think how much really good health insurance coverage and, for that matter, how much improved education every citizen of the United States could have if we spent the money on those noble goals instead of on attacking a country we had no business attacking in the first place.