War Costs Spiral Out of Control

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When will this insanity end?

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War Costs Spiral Out of Control
Posted on Oct 23, 2007
By Robert Scheer

Hey, a billion here, a billion there, who’s counting? Not the State Department, which admitted this week that it can’t say “specifically what it received” for the $1.2 billion it paid DynCorp, ostensibly to train the Iraqi police—other than that somebody got an Olympic-size swimming pool out of the deal.

On Monday, President Bush demanded that Congress fork over $46 billion more to pay for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, insisting that it be approved by the end of the year. That brings the total requested this year in “supplementary funds” for his foreign adventures to $196.4 billion, and the prez said Congress had better pony up or it will be betraying the family of the dead Marine that he was using as prop for this particular White House photo op.

Of course the Democrats, after some pussyfooting, will sign off, as they have for the rest of the more than $800 billion that will have been allotted for the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts by year’s end, lest they be accused of failing the troops that Bush has put in harm’s way. “Our men and women on the front lines should not be caught in the middle of partisan disagreements in Washington, D.C.,” Bush warned darkly, while edging ever closer to the family of the fallen Marine. “I often hear that war critics oppose my decisions, but still support the troops,” he said. “Well, I’ll take them at their word—and this is the chance to show it.”

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There was a time when responsible politicians would decry this looting of the public treasury, but not now, when we are in the midst of a never-ending “war on terror.” Not now, when a Marine dies a needless death in Iraq, a country that had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11, or in any substantiated way presented a threat to the United States, and his family can be produced as cover for a president determined to morally and financially bankrupt the nation.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071023_r_scheer_oct_24_emptying_americas_pockets/


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[LakeSamish706]

1. Hey and guess what? We have enabled him to do just that by letting him...

spend our money with no regard to consequences... But no problem, it's only tax money...

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2. When Pelosi took "impeachment off the table"

I knew we were done for.

[Double T]

3. Terra is good for the economy, even if we don't have the money to pay for it.

Wonder if the US government is exempt from the NEW bankruptcy laws?

[silverojo]

4. They screwed up the title

It should be:

War Costs HAVE BEEN SpiralING Out of Control FOR YEARS

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