I imagine they think we will not notice such a small amount of billions!!
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/listarticles.cgi?116New U.S. Efforts to Ready Iraqis to Take Control
Post Date: 2005-11-29 22:47:48
Published: November 30, 2005 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - As President Bush lays out on Wednesday a more detailed strategy that he says will achieve victory in Iraq, administration officials are pressing yet another effort to prepare the Iraqis to secure their country with less reliance on American forces. American military officials in Iraq said Tuesday that they had requested $3.9 billion for next year to help train and equip Iraqi troops, build new police stations and outfit Iraqi soldiers with new uniforms. That amount would be part of a larger spending request to Congress for the overall war effort and is on top of the $10.6 billion that lawmakers have already approved to rebuild Iraq's ...