Just on CBS eve news, WH asks congress for $65B more for iraq "war"

[karlrschneider]

brings total for this year so far to 115 BILLION
:grr:

[CountAllVotes]

1. NO!!!!!!!!!!

NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! NO!!!

We the people must come together and just say no to these murdering criminals! NO! NO! NO!

No more of our people must die for these criminals! Not one more! NO MORE WAR!!! NO MORE WAR!!!!

:kick:

[jsamuel]

2. omg!

[BlueJazz]

3. You people need to drink some Kool-aid

we should all calm down and We..Can..All..Go..To..McDonald's.

[rodeodance]

4. last time it ws 50, now up to 65 Bil--and they claim progress is being mad

e.

[cal04]

5. Bush seeks $65 billion more for Iraq, Afghanistan

U.S. military spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will rise to $115 billion for this year -- and nearly $400 million since the fighting started -- under an emergency request the White House submitted today.A separate request for almost $20 billion in new hurricane relief funds would bring total spending in response to Katrina and Rita to more than $100 billion.

The Bush administration readied a $65.3 billion war request, and Pentagon officials said the money would be sufficient to conduct the two wars at least through Sept. 30. Congress had approved $50 billion more for the war effort in December. The Pentagon told congressional staffers that the latest request assumes a U.S. force of 138,000 troops on the ground in Iraq through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, even though the administration has signaled that troop numbers would fall below that this year.

The supplemental spending request for the wars would bring the total price tag for the Iraq and Afghanistan missions to almost $400 billion. President Bush's budget anticipates an additional $50 billion for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, though the costs are likely to be much greater. Today's dual requests totaled $85 billion and came 10 days after Bush submitted his $2.8 trillion federal budget for 2007. In that submission, Bush proposed cuts for a variety of domestic programs such as education, Amtrak, community development and local law enforcement grants.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-usiraq0216,0,6373331.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

someone needs to see these people's bank accounts

[karlrschneider]

8. Thanks for the link, I got busy elsewhere & failed to dig one up

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[Bzzzz]

6. I just heard on the evening news...

the WH has asked for $72 billion additional and if approved, total cost of the war so far would be $450 billion...unfucking believeable!!!

[FloridaPat]

7. This makes about $400 billion doesn't it? But they claim they've

only spent around $250 billion or so? But of course, I believe they still are refusing to tell anyone where the money is going. What kind of crap is this?