Interesting Liberal Concept

[rayboyusmc]

The U.S. military has been engaged in major combat operations overseas for seven years in Afghanistan and five in Iraq. Congress has provided annual funding for these missions through the use of emergency supplemental spending bills. Given the length of time the military has been engaged and the increased predictability of what is required to succeed, the Pentagon should no longer use supplementals to pay for these contingencies. Congress should instead begin funding these operations as part of the regular defense budget in fiscal year 2010.

Time to Move Iraq and Afghanistan Funding into the Regular Budget Process

Obama has said he will no longer hide the full costs of the war, as he accused his predecessor of doing. He did include a special category for war spending in material released to support his budget request for next year.

In years past, the Bush administration separated its spending for things such as weapons and military pay from the cost of the wars. It was something of an accounting trick that some Democrats grumbled hid the exorbitant cost of the war in Iraq by keeping it out of the nation's annual budget.

The Associated Press: Obama seeks $130 billion for wars next year

 

[driveby]

They're still fighting wars ?

I've missed that on the nightly news since Obama has been elected.....

 

[editec]

The NEWS has largely been ignoring Afghanistan for years.

Another waste of money, I fear.

I have no problem if we're tracking down Alqada, but the word I'm hearing is that the tribal leaders of Afghanistan would like us to leave.

They're no more enamored with the Alquada than we are, or so I have been lead to believe.

But as unfortunate things happen in wars, and they're as likely to be killed because they're mistaken for Alqada operatives in that area where they're hiding, if they even try to track him down they're risking getting killed by US forces.

Those people are damned tough, and I suspect they can more easily get those terrorists than we can.

Why not pay them to do so?

I understand that a LOT of the tribal leaders will gladly work for Viagra.