We can't afford it. Some people like Michael Moore say that we should just divert funding for the war toward Socialized Medicine, but the fact of the matter is is that we can't afford the war either. We are already borrowing money to finance a lot of the dumb programs already in place. Government spending is out of control, and we need to exercise budget restraint now, not consider new areas to increase spending.
#12, you fail it, since the militarized world envisioned by Orwell is EXACTLY where all that Neo-Liberalism leads to. You say Oceania is not Socialist? Well, it sure as hell ended up where modern Socialism and Capitalism want to go. If anything, THAT was Orwell's point.
Your 11th grade English teacher couldn't admit anything like that, I'm sure. Look up the "Wiemar Republic"; your public-school teachers sure as FUCK didn't want you understanding where the American Republic was going to end up.