"...Oh, are you now saying that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 kept us safe from 911 and "ensured the safety of ... citizens?" ..."

No, I never said that.  I was against that invasion then, and was fervently writing my congressman (Tancredo) at the time to not let it happen.  It got so bad, that Tancredo stopped responding, just as Perlmutter has since I've been calling him out on our senseless wars in the middle east and that stupid "war on terror" garbage.  

I do love your strawman, though.  Your partisan is showing, Chroma Key.  

I didn't vote for Trump.  The guy is one of the biggest idiots I've ever seen.  In fact, I've never voted for a Republican in my life.  Also, I've never voted Democrat.  Since you called me "friend", let me give you some friendly advice: Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they're on the side you see as your enemy (right/Republicans).  Not all of us are that simple-minded.

Fed taxes for disaster recovery are for here, not Mexico.