Dems Thinking About Cutting War Funds,For Next Year!

   Once again as we peek into the Democratic House of horrors, we see our esteemed clowns stumbling along the road to nowhere? Why would I say something like that?

  It seems that the Democrats are once again thinking of cutting some of the funding off for the war in Iraq. An entire amount of $20 billion out of the $142 billion that Bush seeks for the military budget for Iraq and Afghanistan, for next year! The year begins in October so the itty bitty little cut wouldn't effect the $100 billion that Bush wants now for his immediate supplemental funding.  Source     MORE BELOW

 

                                

 

The administration asked for $141.7 billion for Fiscal 2008, but assumes only $50 billion for 2009 and no war funding after that.

CBO issued an estimate last month that forecasts 2008 costs of $120 billion for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and military aid for the armies of those two countries. The estimates would drop to $75 billion in 2009 and to $40 billion in 2010.

Conrad is following a CBO scenario under which the number of troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan are reduced to 30,000 by 2010.

But over the full five-year window, Conrad said Democrats would actually provide $85 billion more in war funds than Bush requested since he assumes a continued troop presence over 2010-2012.

"We are going to provide actually more funding , because we think the president's budget has understated the war costs over the five-year period," Conrad said.

 

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Tony Snows Says Troops Can Get Desert Training In Iraq Instead Of California

   Here is a bit off the White House press briefing that usually features the Bush Crime Family's favorite spokesman ( our fav comedian ) Tony Snow. I'd be bored to tears sometime if it wasn't for this dumbass!

   Note Snow's answer to where our troops are  going to get training for Iraq if not in the deserts of California where it is usually done.

    This punk is as pathetic as the rest of the White House.

Whitehouse.org

Q There was also a report this morning that two Army combat brigades are being sent to Iraq without desert training -- the Associated Press has a story out today -- and that it's because they're being rushed to Iraq to help get the surge in place.

MR. SNOW: Again, let me stress, what happens is, a lot of times you will also do training in theaters, as well as equipping in theater. The generals have made it very clear, and military commanders have made it clear, nobody is going to go into combat activity without proper equipment and training. Period. So if things --

Q But the story flatly says that two brigades are going in without desert training in California. So that doesn't sound like --

MR. SNOW: All right, I understand.

Q -- they're getting the training.

MR. SNOW: Well, but they can get desert training elsewhere, like in Iraq.

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Q I think that's pretty well-known, but is your muscular naval foreign policy toward Iran boomeranging in terms of Congress and so forth?

MR. SNOW: No, as a matter of fact, I think what you're seeing is -- we have two carrier battle groups in the region, but I think if you take a look, for instance, at the David Ignacious piece today in The Washington Post, what you see there is a reflection of the success of diplomatic efforts when it comes to the Iranians.

The President has made it really clear -- and I don't know why everybody seems determined to try to turn this into a military standoff --

Q He put a naval officer in charge of all the ground troops in Iraq.

MR. SNOW: Well, yes. No, actually, the person in charge of the ground troops in Iraq is David Petraeus. The person -- you're talking about Fox Fallen, of course, who is a naval officer who is the head of Central Command. In any event, I'm just trying to clarify. These are important distinctions to make and we tried to make them.

 

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