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$190 billion more needed for wars! WTF?

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by vicezilla

This is getting ludicrous!

What happened to “The Iraq oil supply will pay for the war and Iraq’s reconstruction?

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has come to Congress to do Bush’s dirty work by asking for another handout, and not a paltry one either! $190 billion is what it’s going to take to keep the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan funded. $190 billion of OUR money!

It was only seven months ago that Bush petitioned Congress for $142 billion for the SAME wars! Now it has ballooned to $190 billion! WTF? Where is this money going?

Here’s what Gates claims the extra money is needed for:

- $11 billion to field another 7,000 MRAP vehicles in addition to the 8,000 already planned;
- $9 billion to reconstitute equipment and technology;
- $6 billion for training and equipment of troops;
- $1 billion to improve U.S. facilities in the region and consolidate bases in Iraq; and
- $1 billion to train and equip Iraqi security forces.

And of course, as with all requests of this nature, Gates relied on the tried and true “9/11″ speech; “Considering this, I would like to close with a word about something I know we can all agree on - the honor, courage and great sense of duty we have witnessed in our troops since Sept. 11th,” his testimony said

Bush and his band of thieves keep knocking on the door asking for handouts to keep their illegal war machine rolling. One can only wonder how much of this money is finding its way back into Cheney’s office safe.

Congress needs to treat Bush like the spoiled, unruly child he is. No more allowance until he cleans up his mess, regardless of how many temper tantrums he throws!