Bush to request hefty Iraq war funds

[babylonsister]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070201/pl_nm/iraq_bush_budget_dc

Bush to request hefty Iraq war funds

By Caren Bohan and Richard Cowan 1 hour, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush will request slightly more than $100 billion to cover war operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of this year and an even larger amount for fiscal 2008 that begins on October 1, congressional sources said on Thursday.


The administration, which will submit the war cost proposals along with its annual budget on Monday, will provide details of its war spending plans to try to placate critics who have accused it of using a shadow budget to fund the war.

For the current fiscal year, the White House will ask Congress to approve an additional $93 billion for the Defense Department to conduct the two wars and about $7 billion for State Department activities, a Senate aide said.

Including other items, the request will total "a little over $100 billion," according to the Senate aide. That would come on top of $70 billion Congress already approved for the wars this year.

For 2008, the administration will ask for an amount "larger than the $100 billion in the fiscal 2007 request," the Senate aide said.

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[PSPS]

1. What a waste

We know now that most of this money just goes to bush's cronies and contributors.

This will bring the known cost of this fiasco to almost $700 billion.

For less than that, we could have given every man, woman and child in Iraq $30,000.

[Taverner]

2. And with AT LEAST 15% waste...

[Bonobo]

3. Fucker! My kids' elementary school has to lay off a teacher this year and...

We spend over a trillion dollars on THIS!

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. Unless it comes with a tax hike on the upper 1% income earners,

The answer is No but F#@# NO! End of story!

[pinto]

5. They don't get it, they just don't get it. And don't want to.

It's infuriating. Coming on the heels of their futile, but *deadly*, photo op escalation of 21,000 troops into the chaos, this enormous bankroll makes my head spin.

I support denying any increased funding, maintaining only that necessary to support the safety of those on the ground in Iraq now - setting an up front withdrawal time line with the Iraqi government, and sticking to it - relegating our forces during withdrawal to training Iraqi replacements as well as possible - and leaving.

[babylonsister]

6. 21,000? Try 35-48,000 troops; we were lied to. Here's a link, and

Olbermann just got done discussing this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x100522

[pinto]

11. Yeah, actually saw that, but used the "standard" escalation # in my post, for some reason.

Good point.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. Congress better not give him one penny

They should use the money already allocated to get the troops out of there!

[babylonsister]

9. Biden, Warner, and Levin are already planning on passing a resolution

that does nothing to put a cap on spending. Unless someone can talk some sense into them, we are screwn.

[VegasWolf]

8. Take Nancy Regan's advice. "Just say no!" nt

[superconnected]

10. Wonder how the democratic congress who has to approve this

will react.

Hopefully they will flush the request down the toilet.

[rodeodance]

12. lets just send the bill to those who agree with the Iraq war.

[EndElectoral]

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[grytpype]

14. Hey, let's spend that money in America? Where it would do some f*cking good!

[Jim Warren]

15. When will the people wake up?

To this redistribution of wealth. The taxpayer foots the bill and it goes into the crony contractor and oil mens pockets.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

16. DESTROY THE TELEVISION OPIATE

THIS IS THE ROOT CAUSE.

[Jim Warren]

17. 15 years and counting nt

[Earth_First]

18. Will a blank check written out to: CASH suffice?

NOW is the time to backbone, Democrats! Now is the time to look the neconservative bastards in the eye and REFUSE to allow them to demonize your refusal to fund one thin cent more towards the occupation of Iraq as being against the best interest of our soldiers being forced to occupy this foreign land!

It's now or never.

Your support of another $100 billion will speak more words than you will ever be allowed to explain away...