Home » Blogs » lambert's blog

Mission accomplished: Bush to demand $200 billion for Iraq next year, as much as Vietnam

lambert's picture
Sat, 09/22/2007 - 10:10pm — lambert

mission_accomplished

The Iraq war will end when the contractors, the mercenaries, and the flacks discover there is no more money for them to loot from the Treasury, when they discover there is a more profitable war elsewhere, or when the Chinese decide to cash in their winnings, and not before.

Mission accomplished! Harry, Nancy: Nice work. Maybe this term you can try for single digits?

Bookmark/Search this post with:
  • Buzz Up!
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Forward
  • Google
  • Newsvine
  • Reddit
  • SlashDot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Yahoo
If you liked this post, buy the author some books.
»

Comments

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
intranets's picture

what about supplementals

By intranets on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 1:47pm

Surely this doesn't include the supplemental spending bills?! Isn't this just the budget? Has anyone ever added up the total Iraq spedning?

Can't you just point to the $$ and say the SURGE/War is not working? If it is more expensive next year than last, you have a problem.

This is insane.

»
lambert's picture

What do you mean, not working?

By lambert on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 2:02pm

The right people are making a whole lot of money, and only the little people are dying, so it's working, right?

We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

»

Help the hamsters with their winter heating bill ...

… as they power the wheels that turn the servers at The Mighty Corrente Building. Please, won’t you help them keep their cages shiny?

No PayPal Account required! Give the hamsters immediate relief!

Or Subscribe to make a monthly payment!

Corrente is completely supported by contributions from readers. Thank you!

Download Citibank Plutonomy files

Part 1 [PDF]

Part 2 [PDF]

Good reading! Favorite quote: What could go wrong?
Beyond war, inflation, the end of the technology/productivity wave, and financial collapse, we think the most potent and short-term threat would be societies demanding a more ‘equitable’ share of wealth.

The 12 Word Platform

1. Medicare for All

2. End the Wars

3. Tax the Rich

4. A Jobs Guarantee

Senior fellows of The Mighty Corrente Building

Leah (CA), Lambert (PA/ME), RDF (??), BDBlue (DC), Hipparchia (FL), MsExPat (NY), letsgetitdone (DC), twig (LA), Tony Wikrent, (NC), jawbone (PA).

Corresponding fellows

danps.

Western Coordinator

coyotecreek

Correspondents

Health care reform: DCBlogger.

Fellows emeritus

mjs, Riggsveda, Tresy, Tom, hekebolos, chicagodyke, shystee, and Xenophon, Vastleft (MA), Sarah (TX).

Random term

aWol

George W. Bush. From Bush's Absent-WithOut-Leave Texas Air National Guard "duty" during the Viet Nam war, not his disappearance on 9/11.

I support Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Americans United is dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans.