From todays’s Buffalo News: 

While some Democrats voted for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, these gory preemptive ventures were really the children of Republicans in Congress, and their well-funded pals in the militarism business. Remember the neo-conservatives who said they’d bring democracy to South Asia?

Complete article:
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial-page/columns/douglas-turner/article988554.ece

A minor criticism, one thing Turner misses is that the VA budget is listed as part of the ciivilain not the militarybudget.

Want to cut the budget; help reduce global warming.  This is a place to start.