A lot of speculation here
this cannot be true
there are costs the military incurs every single day - you can't just stop incurring costs
It's a MESS no matter how you look at it.
Even being the Bushbot I am, I know this cannot be true. GWB has yet to cut off funding to anything!
Bush is cutting funding for something? So that's why I saw a flock of pigs flying on my way home this evening.
Its time they started selling their oil and using their own money.
A draft budget is just that - a draft. If anything ultimately gets cut (which I hope it does) remains to be seen. But one way to force some unity among the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds would be to put out just this sort of info. "Sink or swim, we're not gonna support your sorry asses forever!"
Headlines used to read: Bush is spending too much money rebuilding Iraq! Next generation Americans and the poor suffer the most
Headlines from MSM will now read: Bush destroyed Iraq and wont pay to rebuild the mess we made! Bush doesnt care about poor Iraqis
I'd bet a lot of money the MSM and Dems would spin this that way....
We're spending so much for the prosperity of Iraq but unfortunately the Iraqi's themselves in some way seem to be so passive about it... well as most muslims are... they are very dependent.. they always love "easy money" stuff.. it's time for them to do their part... it's their country not ours... we've given much to help! No spoonfeeding this time.
Can't forget to provide the American/Iraqi casualties--in this instance, just the Iraqis. Ever notice how the press never provides any data (or even speculation) of enemy casualties?
This seems to be a pretty well-kept secret.
Leni
The oil that Iraq is selling can pay for the upgrading of Iraq as well as repay the US for their liberation. But that's just me.
Heck, what happened -- did the U.S Treasury printing presses run out of ink??
As for our guys who died or wounded there; there is no dollar amount that can replace their lives, or soothe the hurt, felt sorrow, and despair, from their families...