Bush seeks $100 billion for Iraq in 2007

(Mouth agape) I try to keep it light but...I simply cannot find the humor in this excerpt from Reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and more than $145 billion for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Friday.



The administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said that Bush would estimate the costs for the Iraq war at $50 billion for fiscal year 2009. Bush will unveil those numbers when he presents his annual budget to Congress on Monday.

Bush is seeking $145.2 billion in 2008, including $141 billion for the Department of Defense with additional funds sought for the State Department and other agencies for war-related costs.


The nearly $100 billion the Bush administration will request for 2007 is less than the Defense Department had initially requested.

That money comes on top of $70 billion that Congress approved for the current fiscal year, adding up to a total of $170 billion and making it the most expensive year yet for the war.



What the fuck is happening? Even the paleocons are wavering on this issue and will no doubt kowtow to their spineless neocon cousins. I don't think that Americans have been asking for the apportionment of more ground troops...as a matter of fact haven't we been pleading for the exact oppposite? The bee's nest that is the middle east is being kicked and prodded and is close to collapsing.