Local View: War chest would be better spent at home

It doesn’t matter if we pull our troops out of Iraq this year or ten years from now. The results will be the same, as the Mideast has been fighting since Biblical times. The only difference will be the number of our troops’ lives that will be lost. The only winners will be the merchants of death such as our oil companies, steel mills, munition makers, construction companies and related industries, who kick money to our government officials. The cost of this war is already estimated at $2 trillion, with the cost continuing to rise.