Monday, September 25, 2006

It's all about $$$$

And this…
“The Army's top officer withheld a required 2008 budget plan from Pentagon leaders last month after protesting to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that the service could not maintain its current level of activity in Iraq plus its other global commitments without billions in additional funding.” OK, the amount of money spent in Iraq so far is over $300 billion. What’s a few more billion? After all, look at the results we have for our money. Don’t you feel safer?

A history note; the Soviets left Afghanistan after they realized that no amount of money was going to change the outcome. They spent billions and were hated by both sides in a civil war. And even further back in history, Great Britain was forced to leave the Middle East or face bankruptcy. Does any of this sound familiar?

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