The more humane way.

Another thing. If we're gonna have a war, let's have a war tax. And a draft. Let's get the entire nation aware of the deadly cost of war. If we get the whole nation participating in war in meaningful ways, it won't last for long. Either because we put forth the maximum effort. Or we get sick and tired of war. Now we conduct wars in a half-assed manner. Mostly with a few hired mercenaries and underpaid patriotic enlistees. And without letting the general population know what it's really costing. With special appropriations that appear to be secret, more than anything. Republicans tell us they're for cutting taxes. But they're the biggest spending war-mongers in the world. And believe me, wars are costly. But many of our politicians like to hide that fact. Look for how long the administration prohibited the taking of photos showing the return of dead soldiers. And the war-mongers pick our pockets daily. In reality, war may be one of the reasons for our sagging economy. Because it's an utter waste of money. And lives. By the way, what's a life worth any way? We don't even provide universal health care. And a study by Harvard University shows that about 45,000 Americans die annually because they don't have health insurance. So they can't even afford medical care that would save their lives. Between that and the war casualties, we Americans are doing our part to control world population growth, I suppose. China does a better job of it though. By limiting the size of families. Come to think of it. That's more humane than war and lack of universal health care. --Jim Broede