This analogy seems to assume the taxpayers pulled they trigger. They didn't, the all powerful (at least when it comes to foreign affairs) executive branch did. They bought the coupe, the taxpayers will pay for it.
Granted, that at the time the taxpayers probably WOULD have pulled the trigger. But even if before the war public opinion was 60/40 in favor of no war, would it have made a difference? I think the decision had been made months, if not years before the start of the war.
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