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bush has requested an additional $81.9 billion dollars to continue his never-end misadventures in the Middle East ... once again, the Congress has been presented with a bogus justification for the funds ...
last time, of course, it was WMD, i mean, er, it was 9/11, i mean, er, it was Saddam collaborating with terrorists ... oh, now i remember, we were liberating the Iraqis ...
and now, of course, we need more funds to "support the troops" ... bush has asked Congress for a bloated $400 billion dollar defense budget and it does not include the additional $81.9 billion for Iraq ... why would anyone take this request seriously? at a minimum, bush should be required to pull money from the much those unnecessary multi-gazillion (i looked it up) dollar weapons systems ... no way should he be allowed to pad the defense budget and then get an additional allocation to continue the insanity in Iraq ...
the support the troops argument is totally bogus ... he was given money to support the troops ... he was given a massive defense appropriation and an additional $150 billion or more for Iraq ... and all Rumsfeld can say to justify the neo-con abuse of our troops is: "you fight with the army you have, not the army you want" ... bush and rumsfeld left those troops with inadequate equipment ... and they'll do it again ... they have plenty of money for protective gear and armored tanks ... instead, they are busy building starwars systems to pad the profits of their corporate friends ... voting for another appropriation is voting for prolonged occupation and will achieve nothing but many more dead and wounded Americans and countless dead Iraqis ... voting for the $81.9 billion is voting for death !!
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