How large is $750 billion? Its huge. More than was spent on the entire Vietnam War in inflation adjusted dollars. Enough to fund a universal health care trust. Ms. Pelosi thinks its huge too, but that is how much the Charlatan wants to spend on war and the military. His military spending budget includes $245 billion for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and other pieces of the bottomless money pit known as GWOT (Global War on Terror). Congress will have some bleak data to parse while considering this absurd request because the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq was released Friday. Four distinct struggles are taking place simultaneously and its unlikely the weak central government will be able to control the country before the US has another election.
The Charlatan has absolutely no motivation to do anything about ending the US military occupation before leaving office. His chance to leave a positive presidential "legacy" was gone with the wind of Katrina. His urge to surge is a token effort to control Baghdad at the cost of about $5 billion more according to the Pentagon. More US soldiers will certainly die in the futile effort. He is simply trying to kick the can of blame for his utter failure in Iraq down the road. If Congress is ever to regain some credibility, its moment is now. It must say "enough" and stop pouring money and lives into a lost cause. The American people know this, now its time for their representatives to admit it.
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