George W. Bush destroyed the GOP with his two wars of choice, which are estimated to cost America $6 trillion. That is a quarter of the debt accumulated by America in the previous 250 years. But the GOP is big on deficit reduction; I believe it. But then again, it's easy to be a war-hawk when wars are fought with borrowed money and an all-volunteer force, not the same strength of conviction it takes to fight a war with increased taxes and a conscripted force. That's called BFD, you are such a god, in the vernacular.