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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
I asked the same question when Bush sent troops to Iraq to fight a war over nothing. At least with exploring Mars we would be accomplishing something.
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It's a matter of priorities. Even if there was no WMD/Al Qaeda in Iraq I consider deposing a murderous dictator and putting a democracy which, though while it took a lot of work, now seems to be working in it's place something much more worth doing than flying to Mars just for the hell of it.