Bush to ask for 195 Billion more for his wars

[RestoreGore]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070924/wl_asia_afp/usiraqafghanistanwarbudget_070923235020;_ylt=AsDsluWy.b7skj9ZudL0U1QUewgF

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House will ask Congress next week to approve another massive spending measure for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan totaling nearly 200 billion dollars, The Los Angeles Times reported on its website late Saturday.

Citing unnamed Pentagon officials, the newspaper said if President George W. Bush's spending request is approved, 2008 will be the most expensive year of the Iraq war.

US war costs have continued to grow because of the additional combat forces sent to Iraq this year and because of efforts to quickly ramp up production of new equipment, such as mine-resistant trucks, the report said.

The new trucks can cost three to six times as much as an armored Humvee, according to the paper.

The Bush administration said earlier this year that it probably would need 147.5 billion dollars for fiscal 2008, but Pentagon officials now say that and 47 billion dollars more will be required, The Times said.

That would spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at about 195 billion in fiscal 2008, which begins in October 1, an increase of around 12 percent from the 173 billion dollars spent this year.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and other officials are to formally present the full request at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, the report said.

When costs of CIA operations and embassy expenses are added, the war in Iraq currently costs taxpayers about 12 billion dollars a month, said Winslow Wheeler, a former Republican congressional budget aide who is a senior fellow at the Center for Defense Information in Washington.

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While he vetoes healthcare for children.

And I bet he gets it too.

[Olney Blue]

1. That would go a long way in the Gulf region.

[RestoreGore]

5. Yes it would, but the only gulf region they care about is the Persian Gulf

They spit on Americans.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "Support Our Troops!" and similar mantras will get congress to give it to him.

Followed by the usual "not enough votes", and "someday we'll take a stand".

[RestoreGore]

3. Yes, I see it coming

[Rick Myers]

4. The time has come for someone to put the brakes on these bastards!

:grr:Rise up!:grr:

[bullimiami]

6. i dont know how he walks or puts on pants with those huge balls of his.

if the democrats are stupid enough to give him more money there is little hope for them.

[RestoreGore]

7. Seems he's got them cowered...

Would be nice for once to see them stand up enmasse and just say NO.

[Disturbed]

8. The majority of Dems do not want to end the Iraq Occupation.

They bank of Dems voting for them no matter how angry voting Dems get at them.
If the Iraq Occupation were to wind way down what would Dems have to win '08 Elections with?

[RestoreGore]

9. Yes, this is all about "winning" a diebold election

Who cares really who dies today. Despicable.

[Golden Raisin]

10. Bush and his cohorts

are deliberately bankrupting this country.

[bdamomma]

11. yes they are.

they are deliberately doing alot of things, they are criminals and should go to prison for treason, they need to be challenged.

[Golden Raisin]

12. I agree. Unfortunately Madame Pelosi doesn't.