Bush Wants Money for Afghan Law School

[bluedog]

well well looky this..........this is what bushy boy WANTS


AP
Bush Wants Money for Afghan Law School
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites)'s $81.9 billion request for war and aid to U.S. allies would help start a law school in Afghanistan (news - web sites), improve the issuance of driver's licenses in Ukraine and build water treatment facilities in Jordan, according to administration documents obtained by The Associated Press.


..........to build seven provincial hospitals and up to 210 health clinics in Afghanistan,........ help construct primary schools and border towers in Jordan and provide financing ..........to the Palestinians for home construction, the papers show.
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The documents obtained Wednesday describe....... $4 billion in proposed spending for American allies, including $700 million of the $950 million Bush proposed to help Indian Ocean countries swamped by the December tsunami.

..........$74.9 billion for the Defense Department, mostly for its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It includes $6 billion for intelligence operations.

.......$4 billion in foreign aid the documents describe, half would go to Afghanistan.

much more:.....warning :puke:
alert

all that money to better other countries.but not our own.......


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_nation_building_1

[rodeodance]

1. our students want more Pell grants!!!

[Sub Atomic]

2. This is the beginning

of paying off the coalition of the willing.

It's going to be a bumpy ride.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Bush Wants Money for Afghan Law School

And if some of these Afghanis had friends of family in this group?? Imagine the noise they would be able to "legally" make on their loved ones behalf.

http://www.acftv.com/


WorldFest Houston Film Festival 2004
Afghan Massacre -The Convoy of Death wins Special Jury Award 2004
21 April 2004
Afghan Massacre – The Convoy of Death, Special Jury Award winner for documentary in the independent theatrical feature films and video category.
Afghan Massacre -The Convoy of Death tells of the horrific forced journey undertaken by thousands of prisoners who surrendered to America’s Afghan allies after the siege of Konduz.

Bundled into containers, the lucky ones were shot within minutes. The rest suffered an appalling road trip lasting up to four days, clawing at the skin of their fellow prisoners as they licked perspiration and even drank blood from open wounds.

Up to 3,000 now lie buried in a mass grave, but this was not a simple matter of Afghans killing Afghans.

Afghan Massacre -The Convoy of Death tells of how American special forces took control of the operation, re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried.

And it details how the Pentagon lied to the world in order to cover up its role in the greatest atrocity of the entire Afghan War. This is the documentary they did not want you to see.


http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/09/23_doran.html
"Did U.S. Forces Allow a Massacre of 3,000 Taliban Prisoners to Occur?" BuzzFlash asks Jamie Doran, Producer-Director of "Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death"

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

This riveting documentary charges that American forces were present at and permitted the massacre of approximately 3,000 Taliban prisoners. Although it has been shown in Europe, "Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death" has received virtual little distribution or air time in the United States.

"Afghan Massacre" tells of how American Special Forces took control of the operation, re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried.

And it details how the Pentagon lied to the world in order to cover up its role in the greatest atrocity of the entire Afghan War. This is the documentary they did not want you to see.

"'Afghan Massacre' was produced over ten months in extremely dangerous circumstances: eyewitnesses were threatened and subsequently killed, the film crew were forced into hiding and our researcher was savagely beaten to within an inch of his life. He was recently awarded the 2002 Rory Peck Award for Hard News, The SONY Award and the film has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Current Affairs."

[Supersedeas]

30. those are just frivilous--this is an EMERGENCY Prosecutor (Albert Gonzo)

training school.

[WindRavenX]

4. I'd like some more money to continue going to school

...mebbe that's just me though.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. How about the BFEE pony up some of their "hard earned" cash

for this one instead. Fuck this.

[MichiganVote]

6. Nice. We outsource our taxes now too. Revolt! revolt! revolt!

Time to send tea bags with your tax returns people

[EVDebs]

7. This wouldn't be a sharia law school, would it ? eom

[MasonJar]

8. Sounds like an admirable undertaking. The Bushes should

privately fund it and name it Bush Tort Reform Law School.

[MAlibdem]

9. What?

That sounds good and right and just and smart. That is what we are about, how can you be against doing those things?

[thebigidea]

11. because just as in Iraq...

... the money for schools, hospitals, infrastructure, etc - just gets poured down a giant Halliburton/Bechtel black fucking hole, never to be seen again.

Do you think the Pentagon honestly cares about these things? They just want to help out their contractor friends.

[MAlibdem]

27. I don't think they are motivated by the goodness of their hearts...

...those those assholes should be.

However, in order for the country to be marginally stable, it's going to need those things. In order to pull out without PR distaster and hurting Bush's legacy, there will need to be marginal stability.

I don't care about the motivation, I care that it gets done.

[thebigidea]

28. well, sure - that sounds reasonable and stuff...

... but look at their track record. Its not like they've given us any reason to believe they'll be doing anything differently.

[despairing optimist]

10. He'll go anywhere to pass his bar exam

[MichiganVote]

12. Ha! Good one!

[despairing optimist]

13. Glad you liked it. If I don't joke about news sometimes, I'll go insane.

[MichiganVote]

15. Never let it be said Dem's or liberals have no sense of humor

[Erika]

14. Our preschools were cut out because of feds

cutting off the return of money to the states.

[Rainscents]

16. WHAT????????

Is he serious??? What about American colleges??? This guy is insane!

[durablend]

18. Don't need college to be cannon fodder...

Sorry, there's no need to waste perfectly good money on education here when it can be better used in Halliburton's coffers.

[VegasWolf]

17. How about US firestations and schools? Oh, I see, Halliburton can't get a

no bid contract for those. Brain dead pickup truck driving
republicans.

[leesa]

19. Too funny!! He might change his mind when all the war crimes lawsuits

start rolling in.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Why? Daddy wouldn't put him through Yale Law School?

Just asking.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

26. All of Daddy's money...

couldn't get him into the University of Texas Law School (must be why he hates lawyers so much...). Thank goodness Harvard Business School came through.

[True_Blue]

21. ARGHHHHH!!!!

:argh:

[KingoftheJungle]

22. Thats a lot of construction contracts for Halliburton

[Kimber Scott]

23. I keep saying all he is trying to do is bankrupt the government. Period.

That's his mission and he's doing a pretty good job of it. See, he's not a failure after all.

[atreides1]

24. The "Beast" is Trying to Rebuild Babylon

Well at least that's the impression I get. I was one of those who read the "Left Behind" books.

I know they were kind of lacking in substance, but it killed some time.

[0rganism]

25. would that be for Sharia law? Isn't that called a madras?

Oh well, looks like Bush wants to spend tax money on faith-based initiatives in Afghanistan. Tell me again how the neo-cons are different from Al Qaeda...

[LynnTheDem]

29. 48 cuts to education programs; US veterans' benefits cut; food stamps cut

Heating subsidies for American poor, cut.

But we must help improve drivers license issuing in the Ukraine.

WELL DONE, RETHUGS. America's very first mentally insane dictator!