"U.S. Spending on operations in Libya drains Pentagon"

[Xicano]

I guess hungry Americans will just have to tighten their belts even more while the Obama administration goes off to play war.

U.S. Spending on operations in Libya drains Pentagon

The U.S. military operations in Libya will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and force Congress to seek help next week for the cash-strapped Pentagon, which is operating on a short-term funding resolution.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-spending-on-military-operations-in-libya-drains-pentagon/2011/03/23/ABB02ZLB_story.html

Also on RT News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezq07Gdv9AQ

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Shared sacrifice for everyone!

Except:

- The wealthy
- Corporations
- Defense contractors
- The Pentagon

[OhioChick]

5. +1000 n/t

[woodsprite]

2. Couldn't possibly be Bush's 2 wars that drained them

of Billions, could it?

[frylock]

6. you mean the wars that continue under the dems watch?

bush has been gone a couple years now. do we continue to refer to them as bush's wars when were still mired in the shit in 2016?

[woodsprite]

15. They're still Bush's wars, and most of the billions were spent under his watch.

Even if they're still going on in 2016, they'll still be Bush's wars.

[frylock]

16. nixon didn't start vietnam, but he sure took a lot of heat for not getting out..

at this stage, obama and the other milquetoast dems are just as culpable as shithead.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. I have a suggestion, stop wasting money on that mis-adventure

immediately. Problem solved.

[Peace Patriot]

4. "...the cash-strapped Pentagon...". HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :mad: :puke: :crazy: :wtf: :argh: :dunce: :nopity: :hurts: :boring: :spank: :wow: :grr: :grr: :grr: :thumbsdown: :puffpiece: :shrug: :cry: :cry: :cry: :grr: :grr: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Angry Dragon]

7. That should be fun

[grahamhgreen]

8. I never did get an answer - How we gonna pay for the Libya war?

[Xicano]

11. Simple. Just crank up the FED printing press.

Then say hello to further increased prices and a weaker dollar.

:P

[crickets]

9. Are they sure they didn't just lose it somewhere?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml

The War On Waste
Defense Department Cannot Account For 25% Of Funds — $2.3 Trillion

More money for the Pentagon, CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzales reports, while its own auditors admit the military cannot account for 25 percent of what it spends.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions," Rumsfeld admitted.

$2.3 trillion — that's $8,000 for every man, woman and child in America. To understand how the Pentagon can lose track of trillions, consider the case of one military accountant who tried to find out what happened to a mere $300 million.

"We know it's gone. But we don't know what they spent it on," said Jim Minnery, Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

Minnery, a former Marine turned whistle-blower, is risking his job by speaking out for the first time about the millions he noticed were missing from one defense agency's balance sheets. Minnery tried to follow the money trail, even crisscrossing the country looking for records.

"The director looked at me and said 'Why do you care about this stuff?' It took me aback, you know? My supervisor asking me why I care about doing a good job," said Minnery.

He was reassigned and says officials then covered up the problem by just writing it off.

That was almost ten years ago. Keep looking, fellas. Try the under the sofa cushions.

[City Lights]

10. Time for a bake sale!

Sorry, DOD, but we're broke!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Not to worry. The "defense" Sacred Cow ALWAYS gets fed.

The hungry and needy will have to fend for themselves.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. dupe

[Just_visiting]

14. it's unfortunate, but...

we have what we have.