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8,200 more troops are needed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan now? $3.2 billion in additional funds to pay for these extra troops?
Bush did send a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that the cost would be offset by canceling $3.2 billion in low-priority defense items. Source
Yes, and cows can fly!
"Gen. Petraeus expects under the Baghdad security plan as well as other parts of Iraq, that the number of people going into detention will increase and so these military police forces will be for that," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
What this basically says is that either the general and Bush saved this bit of news for now instead of telling the people that we would need additional troops , or that both Bush and the military generals are all incompetent for not realizing that more troops would be needed as those held in detention increased. I vote for the latter reason, especially on Bush's part because we all know that the man is a natural born idiot in the first place and then there is the fact that this administration has not been right about anything in six years.
If Pelosi and the rest of the Dems go for this bullshit, then I would think that they need to be replaced the next time that their turn comes up.
I've said it before and I will keep on repeating it. We did not place you Democrats in office to vote on non-binding resolutions, or to make deals with Bush on the war escalation or funding thereof. We put you in office to get our people out and back home, period! No if, ands, or buts! No discussion and no compromise with the White house or with each other. Do your freakin' jobs!!
