this war until its end. it is not a france problem. i heard the gentleman before me make a difference between american interest and french interest. this is not correct. we have the same interests. gadhafi was and would still be a danger for the free world. gadhafi is -- >> i understand that. i guess my question is simply from an american perspective is we have nearly 20% unemployment. we have a housing crisis. we have a ten-year war in afghanistan. we have a failed war in iraq. we spend 43% of the national defense budget. we have the world's ultimate war and killing machine. we just dropped another $75 million over the weekend to launch tomahawk missiles that were u.s. bankrolled and u.s. launched into this and other