thinkprogress.org — Today, "President Bush will ask Congress for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs." The figure "brings to $196.4 billion the total requested by the administration for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere for budget year that started Oct. 1."
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Closed AccountOct 23, 2007
No,it's the new kindom of the Money Changers.The Money Masters;How international bankers got control over America.<a class="user" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560 ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.michaeljournal.org/lincolnkennedy.htm">http://www.michaeljournal.org/lincolnkennedy.htm</a>
Closed AccountOct 23, 2007
Who is paying for this?
defconoiOct 23, 2007
bush is a criminal:TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 118 > § 2441§ 2441. War crimes(a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death.(b) Circumstances.— The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act).(c) Definition.— As used in this section the term “war crime” means any conduct—(1) defined as a grave breach in any of the international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party;(2) prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907;(3) which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the international conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party and which deals with non-international armed conflict; or(4) of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians.
Closed AccountOct 23, 2007
I have no answer for you. I feel just as let down by Republicans as anyone. Seems like all the institutions that I grew up with have turned to corrupt parodies of themselves.
f1r3dupOct 23, 2007
it doesn't matter who we elect...it's chosen for us anyway. And i highly doubt most people are surprised by this anymore...
4chin8Oct 24, 2007
NO!!! Mr. President, I think you can ask Halliburton, Blackwater & the oil companies to fund the war---they are the benefactors, not us.