Mo’ Money, Mo’ War

[laststeamtrain]

Mo’ Money, Mo’ War
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090514_mo_money_mo_war/
Posted on May 14, 2009

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $91.3 billion supplemental measure to finance the Iraqi and Afghan wars. An additional $80 million has been set aside to support the shutting down of Gitmo, $50 million of which is contingent on the Pentagon coming up with a plan on relocating prisoners. Another $900 million has been allocated to aid Pakistan in its battle against the Taliban.
Amendments are expected to be made when the bill makes it to the Senate floor, especially around the conditions surrounding the future of the controversial naval base in Cuba and its detainees...http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090514_mo_money_mo_war/

[ThomCat]

1. How the hell does it cost $80 million to "support"

shutting down Gitmo? :wtf:

That's $80 million to "support" the closing, so this is a supplemental bill. I wonder what the total budget is to close Gitmo. I'd love to see what the mark-up is that Halliburton is padding into this deal.

A good urban contractor with some heavy equipment should be able to tear that whole place down for a small fraction of that price. As for moving everyone out, just get their asses on planes and move them.

Damn it, it doesn't take all this bull shit of padded budgets, give-aways to military contractors, and big delays. This should have been done already for a fraction of this amount. This is ridiculous!

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