And, yes, I DO take it personally: $100B MORE for Iraq and Afghanistan...?

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

$100B MORE for Iraq and Afghanistan...?

the boundary between sanity and complete, full-tilt, barking at the moon insanity has definitely been crossed...

President Bush will soon seek about $100 billion in additional emergency funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a House report Wednesday.

Filed by Democratic staffers for two key panels in the House, the report's revelations mark a rapid escalation in the cost of the Iraq war at a time when public support is plummeting.

In a broad report criticizing Republicans' fiscal decisions, Democratic staffers on the House Appropriations Committee and House Budget Committee also noted that Congress has already appropriated about $379 billion for the war in Iraq.

"The administration is expected to submit an additional request early next year that will total roughly $100 billion. At least three-quarters of this request will support operations in Iraq," according to the report.

NO... NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO...

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