More Money Wasted At War

It seems like this administration, and this congress of ours are well versed in wasteful spending. If there were to be a University of Wastefull Spending, our politicians would make up the staff and student body, and it would be funded by our tax money. Well it seems that the leaders of our military have followed suit and are on their way to being master wasters.

I have here a report on some of the projects that the Military has spent money on in Irag to help the Iraqi people. Heres the report:

" WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army program in which soldiers pay cash to Iraqis to help with expenses, large and small, has spent $2.8 billion in five years, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The Post reviewed records of the Commander's Emergency Response Program, which was intended for short-term humanitarian relief and reconstruction. The field manual laying out the guidelines for the program is called "Money as a Weapon System," pointing up the effectiveness of cold hard cash in winning over the hearts and minds of Iraqi civilians.
The largest sum of CERP money, $596.8 million, was spent on water and sanitation projects, the Post reported. Three other categories each received more than $300 million: electricity, protective measures (such as fencing and guards), and transportation and roads.
But the Army also spent lesser sums on smaller acts of largesse, including $48,000 for children's shoes; $50,000 for 625 sheep; $100,000 for dolls; and $500,000 for action figures designed to look like Iraqi security forces, the Post reported."

So there are some very interesting things here. 1)We are bribing the Iraqi people to like us. We can't go in and liberate them and them like us that way, we have to pay them off. Sounds like the old mob days when they paid off politicians to look the other way while the committed the crimes against the people and businesses of the city. 2) We are spending money on roads and transportation that the insurgents are using to blow up our military personell fighting for their lives. 3)They are buying shoes for the children. This is a country that will be posting a $69 billion surplus this year, they can't shoes for their own people. When is Operation "Buy My Kids Some Shoes" coming to a city near me. Oh yes, it only for the countries occupied by us, not our country. 4) Why are we buying sheep? Are our soldiers that bad off that they will no longer get tanks and hum-vee's, and have to resort to riding sheep into battle. 5)We are spending money on dolls and action figures. No this one i can kind of see. If you see a child in need you help them. A doll or action figure will brighten a childs day. But why are we adding to our deficit to fund this, shouldn't the Iraqi's be doing that. Plus why are we giving them action figures that look like the Iraqi's. We should be giving them GI Joes so that they will remember that it was Americans that freed them, not a camel riding muslim.

Any way i think that every penny that this war cost from this point on should be fully funded by the Iraqi's. Then once the war is over we should demand full payment, plus interest for the remainder of the cost of the war.

Viva Liberty!