Pentagon wants $99.7B more for Wars

[katty]

(Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth, from bush & his merry gang of oil & defense profiteers)


more at: http://www.rawstory.com/

AP: Pentagon wants $99.7B more for wars By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon wants the White House to seek an additional $99.7 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to information provided to The Associated Press.

The military's request, if embraced by President Bush and approved by Congress, would boost this year's budget for those wars to about $170 billion.

Military planners assembled the proposal at a time when Bush is developing new strategies for Iraq, such as sending thousands of more U.S. troops there, although it was put together before the president said the troop surge was under consideration.

Overall, the war in Iraq has cost about $350 billion. Combined with the conflict in Afghanistan and operations against terrorism elsewhere, the cost of the war in Iraq to about $50 billion over last year's record. In September, Congress approved an initial $70 billion for the current budget year, which began Oct. 1.

[whistle]

1. I get it, the Pentagon won't be happy until they get all $13.5 trillion

....in U.S. GNP

[valerief]

2. Dimson won't be happy until his posse outspends Vietnam

FROM RAWSTORY LINK
The Vietnam War cost an inflation-adjusted $121 billion at its height in 1968, according to the Congressional Research Service. The overall tally for Vietnam is $663 billion, adjusted for inflation, and Iraq costs are rapidly catching up.

[marmar]

3. In the name of Smedley Darlington Butler, fuck no. Enough.

It's time to take a wrecking ball to the military-industrial complex.