Bush seeks $70 billion more for war.
By on Jan 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Bush seeks $70 billion more for war.
“The Bush administration will ask Congress next week for $70 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other related operations for part of the 2009 fiscal year, the Pentagon said on Monday.”
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‘”We’ll send up the fiscal year ‘09 budget (next Monday),” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. “It will have a request for an emergency allowance to support activities related to the global war on terror into 2009 … in the amount of 70 billion.”
The funding would be in addition to the administration’s request for the regular Pentagon budget which is to be presented next week.’
How are they getting away with calling the biggest pork-barrel project of all an “emergency allowance”?!
Why isn’t this request part of the “regular Pentagon budget”?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pmAnd he is gonna get it cause the machine needs to keep going.
Keep the propaganda on.
Keep the dollars flowing from the bottom to the top.
Keep talking about how brave and heroic are the men and women in uniform instead of giving those same persons the same options in life that wealthy people have.
Keep on. Keep on. Keep on…
January 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pmI would not give Bush $0.70 for his illegal, immoral, and unjustified war. However, I would donate a noose for his hanging.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pmand obama, clinton, et al will certainly give bush the funds he needs, as always. along with vast surveillance powers, telecom immunity, etc, etc….
January 28th, 2008 at 1:34 pmpulling out of Iraq was campaign fodder for the libs. never meaning a word of it. page 1 of their 50 yr old play book.
say whatever lie you have to to get elected.
there are more troops there now than when the libs won the senate with all their promises to bring home the troops.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pmAnyone who has ever done budgeting would be able to calculate how much they intend to channel to Halliburton and all of the other war-profiteers by now. They have five years of spending history to work with!
Congress should say “Nope, sorry. Put it into your “regular” budget request.”
January 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pmShouldn’t this read Bush will ask CHINA for another $70 Billion instead of Congress.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pmFourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism
# 4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism. Ruling elites always identified closely with the military and the industrial infrastructure that supported it. A disproportionate share of national resources was allocated to the military, even when domestic needs were acute. The military was seen as an expression of nationalism, and was used whenever possible to assert national goals, intimidate other nations, and increase the power and prestige of the ruling elite.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pmGood point KansasLiberal! Where will the money come from for this “emergency allowance”?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm#8
January 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pmYES
Shouldn’t this read Bush will ask CHINA for another $70 Billion instead of Congress.
Comment by KansasLiberal — January 28, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
Not technically. I think he still has some room on his spending limit on that particular credit card.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pmI doubt that GDumbya will mention this in his State of the Union Drivel tonight. After all, if he did, he would have to actually bring up his dirty little war in Iraq and he seems to be avoiding the topic lately. You know . . . needs to dress up his legacy and all.
Also off the list for tonight — Katrina, New Orleans, privatizing Social Security. The only good news is that it will likely be a short bumble.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pmIt’s for ongoing operations – for covering costs so that our soldiers aren’t left without ammo and supplies in the middle of desert, you know?
Comment by Frank M — January 28, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
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Actually, only about 25% of it goes to the troops – the majority goes to contractors.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pmThe Democrats should give him every penny he asks for for the troops, but not one penny more for the Contractors. That is how they can end this occupation. Refuse to continue funding Bush’s private army. The Republiscums won’t be able to scream that they are not supporting the troops and Bush won’t be able to keep the troops in Iraq without the contractors.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pmWhy isn’t this request part of the “regular Pentagon budget�
Comment by mary — January 28, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Because then it would show up in the federal defecit numbers – better to fund a war on emergency supplementals, you know. Less oversight.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pmBush has increased the deficit by 1.6 billion. GOPigs are the party of spend and borrow to fund war and corporate welfare. Innocent blood and tax breaks for the wealthy and lies. That’s all they have given us and that is the State of the Union. Traitors.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:01 pmIt’s for ongoing operations – for covering costs so that our soldiers aren’t left without ammo and supplies in the middle of desert, you know?
Comment by Frank M
Francine seems to think all that money is going to the troops. He is wrong. 40% of every allocation goes to the Contractors. And a significant amount is now going to bribe
January 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pmIt’s for ongoing operations – for covering costs so that our soldiers aren’t left without ammo and supplies in the middle of desert, you know?
Comment by Frank M — January 28, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
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Actually, only about 25% of it goes to the troops – the majority goes to contractors.
Comment by Chris L — January 28, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
If most of it actually went towards giving troops armor and supplies, rather than filling corporate coffers, I would be for it
January 28th, 2008 at 2:06 pmBut But But But the UN Mandate for foreign troops in Iraq runs out 31st dec 2008
January 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThat huge sucking sound will be heard untill all these warmonger’s are removed…….Impeach, jail and seize all their asset’s now…..Blessings
January 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm70 billion more for the failed war! There goes the so called ’stimulus plan’! Bush pretends to ‘create’ as he destroys. The so called stimulus is just make believe. This freak is out there to destroy America and its sovereignty!
January 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pmGOPigs want to solve all their problems by throwing money, somebody else’s money on the problem. They are robbing the US treasury and indebting the working class for generations. The whole bunch are criminals and TRAITORS.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm…Remember the War Criminal Rumsfeld saying that this war was going to last weeks and would not cost too much…
January 28th, 2008 at 2:20 pmImprison Dicky Chenney!
January 28th, 2008 at 2:20 pmImprison Dicky Chenney!
Comment by sacopenapa — January 28, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Aren’t traitors executed?
January 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm..democrats will roll over and give it to him in 5…….4……..3…….2.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pmThe Dems will see that $70 billion and raise it to $100 billion.
Dr. Evil will be pleased.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:08 pmbilbobaggins –
But it’s the contractors that run EVERYTHING. No longer does the army cook its own food and do its own laundry on the cheap.
No no. It’s KBR et al. who do a load of laundry for $99 and cook meals for $99 a day per soldier.
This is the Iraq War.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pmCan we please stop calling this wild expenditure of $ ‘The War on Terror’? First of all American case law restricts ‘war’ to exist between 2 countries/nations/ imperial powers, and second the enemy we’re so busy spending our future to fight, have been AWOL for the last 6.5 years.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pmable as
I keep putting the money in the toilet and keep flushing and it disappeared again!?!!?!
January 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pmI need $70b more.