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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:26 PM
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Bush wants 245 Billion more for War effort! No More Money, Asshole!

Bush Wants $245 Billion For War Effort

POSTED: 1:36 pm CST February 2, 2007
UPDATED: 2:01 pm CST February 2, 2007

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iran and Afghanistan this year, a senior official said.

Related: The Road Ahead | More Troops Help?




The administration will seek another $145 billion for fiscal year 2008. The requests will accompany the president's budget, due to be unveiled Monday.

News of the budget proposal comes the same that a new national intelligence report concludes that the violence and political extremism in Iraq is growing.

Sixteen U.S. spy agencies contributed to the National Intelligence Estimate. These top analysts found that the term "civil war" doesn't capture the complex situation in Iraq, which includes attacks on U.S. and coalition forces and struggles even within Iraqi sects, such as Shiite Muslims.


http://www.channel3000.com/politics/10913793/detail.html
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:29 PM
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1. How much has been spent? How much per Iraqi?
can anybody answer me these questions?

Wikipedia reports Iraq has 28 million people.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:29 PM
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2. Goddammit!!! The VA needs a mere $3 billion!!!
These bastards are SICK! They have NEVER even read the US Constitution, yet they wipe their asses on it every day!!!
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:30 PM
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3. Shucks...what's a couple hundred billion..just give the boy who cried wolf one more chance
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Just-plain-Kathy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:35 PM
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4. Maybe it's a trade off..he gets his money for Iraq and Afghanistan, he'll leave Iran alone.
Maybe he now realizes that Iran will be an even harder fight than Iraq.

...as long as he gets his money...maybe he'll be happy.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 04:47 PM
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5. You're Funny
That money will probably go to fund an attack on Iran. As it is right now the "surge" troops will only have the equipment that they bring in, which may not include armored Hummers, and it cost money to have 2 carrier task forces sitting in the Gulf.

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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 05:03 PM
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6. Die in Middle East or Die in your home
More War and more cuts to Medicare.

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onecent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 06:29 PM
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7. Let's see - How much will that cost EACH child for the next 50 years??????
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