The Republican establishment voted for it, freshmen, sophomore and other newer Representatives voted against it. War benefits big government. It's the media in a feeding frenzy about bombing against those who mainly don't know much about the Iraqi situation and don't think of longer term consequences. The media never has to worry about long term consequences. TV is ideal for misery and war, just like local news programs stress murder, rape, and fire.
War is good for the news business.
The MIC donate to many Washington think tanks and thrive on the generation of conflict. As conservatives we never thought we'd be using this terminology, but today its a truth. Stock prices of prime military contractors have soared since the Kosovo bombing began and now Congress has voted billions more for them. And of course it's easy, hardly any of our guys get killed and they get a chance to try out their new weapons. Pope John Paul specifically denounced the bombing of both Iraq and Serbia.