House approves billions for wars without debate with broad bipartisan support.

[Karmadillo]

When we actually control the Executive and Legislative branches, I guess a kabuki debate about forcing the troops home would be too dangerous.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101217/ap_on_re_us/us_defense_spending

House approves billions for wars without debate

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer – Fri Dec 17, 2:17 pm ET

WASHINGTON – The House on Friday passed legislation that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations.

The 341-48 vote on the defense authorization bill came after House and Senate Democrats agreed to strip several provisions, including one that would have allowed gays to serve openly in the military and another that would have authorized abortions at overseas military facilities.

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This year's bill agreed to $725 billion in defense programs, including $158.7 billion for overseas combat.

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Unlike during the height of the Iraq War when anti-war Democrats tried to use the legislation to force troops home, the House passed the defense bill Friday with almost no debate on Afghanistan.

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[leftstreet]

1. LOL "anti-war Democrats," how's that for some nostalgia?

I'd almost forgotten

K&R

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Insert "hope and change" crack.

[DJ13]

6. "hope and change" crack

Im in a twelve misstep program to beat that addiction.

[BeFree]

3. 48 sane people in the house.

Just 48 out of 435. We are soooo screwed.

[Owl]

17. You've got that right. We're fucked.

I'm done donating to anyone supporting the MIC or this war crap anymore. They can go beg the Pentagon for my tax$.

[rug]

4. It also keeps Guantanamo open.

[Newest Reality]

5. For what purpose and to benefit whom?

There are companies who are making obscene amounts of that money for our occupations. Are we still required to support them regardless of the impact on our own people, now?

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[LawnKorn]

8. It looks like the Military-Insustrial complex just about has the House bought and paid for

Lockheed Martin
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
General Dynamics
United Technologies
KBR

Are all ringing the cash registers for the next year.

Cha-Ching!

[WCGreen]

9. GOD BLESS AMERICA....

LAND OF THE FREE.....

I'm soooooo proud that we are still willing to march lockstep into oblivion, well, not us but some working class kids and lots of heathen savages...

Yea, get me a magnet ribbon so I can show how dearly I support the troops...

Well, I ain't gonna study war no more...

[Autumn]

10. Oh what the fuck, it's only money,

and a few thousand lives.:puke:

[Dokkie]

11. wrong person

[Dokkie]

12. you should list the 48 democrats

who voted nay on this bill. they deserve an honorable mention. This war and all the money wasted in it makes me sick. What happened to the anti war candidate i voted for?

[L0oniX]

13. These asscarrots don't represent me but I pay for their wars.

[Poboy]

14. And this doesn't even mention the enormous 'black budget'.

Estimates of which are equal to, if not more than the standard budget.

This is where half of all our money goes. HALF!
Will no one even mention this in the talk of deficits?

[aquart]

15. Hey! Halliburton's too big to fail!

Why, why, the whole wide world would collapse if they didn't get their military contracts!

[soryang]

16. What about "the awful deficit?"

Don't worry the Fed can buy the debt.

[Catherina]

18. Rec'd with anger. n/t

[Karmadillo]

19. Kick

nt

[lonestarnot]

20. Endless war for the impoverished. That's one way to dispose of the poor.

[mdmc]

21. ..