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# Who will fight the war?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/who-will-fight-the-war-editor/
- Published: 2007-11-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:59:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

President Bush vetoes a health and education bill and OKs a big increase in war expenditures. America’s defense budget is now $471 billion which does not include the President’s pending war request of almost $200 billion. Bush’s war machine is bankrupting the country.

The bipartisan and fiscally sound health and education bill deals with basic needs for the American people: Education for our children, assistance in paying skyrocketing energy costs, veterans health care, research of cancer and other deadly diseases.

Bush’s veto of the bill was pure politics and he did it with a straight face. Question: How can W have healthy soldiers for his wars if he keeps vetoing health bills?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 19, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)