Bush Is Set to Sign Iraq Funding Bill

[newyawker99]

President Bush will soon sign the $87.5 billion package he requested for Iraq and Afghanistan, but his Democratic critics used its final approval by Congress to highlight what they say are his failed policies in Iraq.

The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, gave its assent to the legislation three days after the House blessed it by 298-121. It closely tracks the outlines of an $87 billion plan Bush requested Sept. 7 in a nationally broadcast speech.

"Our country is being tested," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement released in Crawford, Texas, where the president spent a long weekend. "Those who seek to kill coalition forces and innocent Iraqis want America and its coalition partners to run so the terrorists can reclaim control."

He said the money, coupled with assistance from international donors, will help make Iraq more secure and help the transition to self-government for Iraqis. The money also will help Afghanistan become a peaceful, democratic and stable nation, he said.


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[evworldeditor]

1. Rubber Stamp Congress... gives in yet again

Talk about a "rock and a hardplace." You've got scores of US troops being killed or wounded nearly every week (Pentagon reports for every one soldier killed, there are seven wounded). Iraq is a mess because of 12 years of US-British sanctions, two wars and a Mafia-like regime. American troops were not just sent into a quadmire, they were sent into a black hole that will suck in ever more lives and resources.

So how do we get out of this crisis without making things worse? Hand GW and company another $87.5 billion, of course. This sounds the plot of the "Money Pit" doesn't it?

But we helped make this mess, and we need to clean it up. We also need to make sure the SOBs who caused it pay dearly. George Bush needs to be thrown out of office next November and then he and his cadre of naive neo-cons prosecuted for war profiteering and treason, as well as incompetence.

This includes Zell 'Bush is the best man for the job' Miller, who should be deemed mentally incapacitated for making this kind of a statement. Bush proved he couldn't run a business and he certainly has proved he couldn't run a country.

[Ernesto]

2. Wonder if chimp

Makes a big deal out of this or does he do it "behind closed doors"... He better ask Rove what to do on this one.