Ok so there is a defence budget and where does money come from that, taxes maybe? 1st Gulf war was to stop the invasion of Kuwait, the 2nd Gulf war (still going on) was to stop a tyrant who allegedly had weapons of mass destruction. So after finding no weapons of mass destruction, but finding the tyrant himself and bringing him to trial, where is the peace in Iraq today? What we have now is another tyrant, controlling the country. So after spending £millions and hundreds of lives lost you tell me what the point was. Oh and don`t think for one minute the uprising and reprisals will stop. Now getting back to the original subject, I`m no politician but I believe we are being ripped off with taxes in this country and money is getting spent on the wrong things. I could go on but this is a car forum after all. Peace.