$190 billion needed for Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Gates says

[Praxius]

$190 billion needed for Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Gates says

U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress on Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion US for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third. In remarks prepared for a Senate hearing, Gates says the extra money is necessary to buy vehicles that can protect troops against roadside bombs, refurbish equipment worn down by combat and consolidate U.S. bases in Iraq. A copy of the remarks was obtained by the Associated Press. In February, Bush requested $141.7 billion for the wars; officials said at the time the figure was only a rough estimate and could climb. In July, the Defence Department asked Congress for another $5.3 billion to buy 1,500 mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles. Gates says another $42 billion is needed to cover additional requirements. Some items the extra money would be used for: • $11 billion to field another 7,000 MRAP vehicles in addition to the 8,000 already planned. • $9 billion to reconstitute equipment and technology. • $6 billion for training and equipment of troops. • $1 billion to improve U.S. facilities in the region and consolidate bases in Iraq. • $1 billion to train and equip Iraqi security forces.

JUST SHY OF 200 BILLION DOLLARS!!!


My God.... that's just for one year?

[butterbut]

Give em the money. We can't afford to lose.

[HelioPrime]

Can't change the fact were int Iraq and other parts of the world.

We need to be leaving soon but until then troops need money.

[Zeebadee]

Gee, what a coincidence:

"With the U.S. government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval of an $850 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority.

The Senate voted 53-42 to raise the debt ceiling to $9.815 trillion, the fifth increase in the U.S. credit limit since President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the higher debt limit earlier this year as part of the overall budget resolution and the legislation now goes to Bush for his signature. "
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1-ArticlePage2

There's a crash coming, it's gonna be global and it's gonna be very bad.

[bishop]

nothing like flushing our future down the toilet all thanks to some unnecessary war, and spineless politicians who keep our troops in the quagmire.

big thanks to china who is, after all, financing this idiotic war.