Comments on: Senate Approves $70 Billion In War Funds

Money For U.S. Military Efforts In Iraq, Afghanistan A Victory For Bush And GOP Allies

[hillaryin08]

whatever lib. the fact still remains that the socialist controlled congress is still funding the war when they promised you a withdraw! yet you will keep voting for them anyways......

As don imus would say: ho ho ho merry christmas!

[samsel3]

The administrations interest in Iran & nukes is a smoke screen for their real agenda. Their true interests are Cheney''s energy policy.Condi Rice is a former board member of Chevron Oil and mouthpiece for the administrations energy policy. Part of that policy is the The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman or on to India & Nepal.It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first. The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market. This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion. Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration, and the national media are not allowed to discuss or comment on it. More troops are needed in Afghanistan to protect the contractors building the pipeline. Iran stands in the way of total control of global oil now with sales of oil to China''s Sinopec Oil,deal signed Dec.10,2007. Months ago China said there would be dire consequences if the US interfered with there direct oil contracts with Iran. Both parties in the Congress should be very concerned with China''s growing war machine and need for oil. They are the real threat & the administration doesn''t care they are in control!!! All that matters to them is BIG OIL and their corporate stock portfolios

[samsel3]

As far as Iraq is concerned the administrations efforts were a big success for BIG OIL . They no longer have to deal with Saddam charging higher prices to US oil companies than other countries like China, Russia France & Germany for Iraqi oil, or stopping supplies many times to US interests. That thorn in there side is gone. The administration has no intentions of ever leaving Iraq because oil companies like Royal Dutch Shell Oil, Conoco,Chevron, Exxon Mobile and others would be at risk of loosing their leases, manpower and equipment.

[hillaryin08]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Yes liberals let your hatred for America out. You liberal leadership in congress have betrayed you once again!

[samrensho]

Congress is so gutless that the Whitehouse just uses them as a rubber stamp. Time to clean out D.C. and start over.

[jetranger7]

Can''t help but wonder how much of this "MONEY" will never see Iraq or Afganstan, and end up else where, which we''ll find out later in the years to come ?? I can only Imagine what the hidden bank Vault looks like down in "CRAWFORD TEXAS", its got to be astronomical, bet the carpets are lined with $100.00 bills and the wall paper lined with $50.00 dollar bills !! Just when ya think things can''t get any worse, we now have states willing to "SELL" our Interstate Hi-Way system to foreign countries, who want to set up TOLL ROADS, and charge you the US Tax payer ridlicious fees to drive on the very roads you''ve already paid for thru various taxes over the years !! The Selling and Rape of AMERICA is what its gotton down too !

[jjp735i]

Democrats again failed AGAIN should read the headline.
We elected a bunch of Joe Liebermans into office.
There is no longer a Democratic Party, they are now just another tool for the Reblican Party.

[usayesterday]

(Imagine a San Francisco cable car and a popular dinner side-dish)..."ding ding"

"Ms. Pel-o-si, your party just got beat...

...Ms. Pel-o-si, you just can''t take the heat...

...Ms. Pel-o-si, you''re headed to defeat." (in 2008)

ding ding.

[juwboy]

Blue Dastard:

Once again, you''ve failed to convince Gentile-Americans, who outnumber Jewish-Americans by about 50-to-1, that your views should prevail.

Why don''t you wipe the pschitt off your @*** with your left hand, Moslem boy?

Better yet, cover your mouth with your right hand to stop any more verbal diarrhea from spurting out.

[usayesterday]

Parody quote of Henry Ford:

"Sure we have a choice of political parties in America...

...Republican... Republican... and Republican."

[usayesterday]

The Democratic leadership has taken impeachment hearings/proceedings on either Bush or Cheney "off of the table"...

...and they have voted to give a "blank check" to Bush for his unjust war in Iraq.

The GOP may not have a majority in Congress...

...but they obviously still have power over the Democrats!

[fizzal-2009]

Yea lets fix the U.S. health care and let the doctor sub-contract in Iraq.

[bluestardad]

THERE ARE STILL ON METERS ON THE IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION LINES AND THE OIL IS BEING STOLEN AND SOLD...

NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH AN THE THEFT KEEPS GOING...

[bluestardad]

AMERICA GETS WHAT IT DESERVES...

THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE CAVED AGAIN TO THE ISRAELI LOBBY GROUPS TO KEEP AMERICAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST...

PUSH FOR THE START OF WAR CRIMES TRIALS FOR THIS ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAQ...OR SHUT UP...YOU VOTED BUSH AND HIS BUDDIES IN NOW DEAL WITH IT...

[keithle1]

harp1963

"Pouring all their money into military spending is what bankrupted Russia."

What did the former USSR get out of all that money they spent on missiles, nuclear subs, jets, tanks, etc? Imagine if they had spent it on improving their infrastructure, educational system, health care, social programs, etc.

I can''t see us invading another country any time soon. Why would the Democrats vote for that? They''d have to be insane given the public reaction to the war in Iraq. More & more billions would have to be spent. How could they justify it? Aren''t we tired of living in fear & jumping 50 feet in the air every time some government official/politician screams, "Boo!"

Americans are sick & tired of war. It''s been over 6 years since Sept 11. The "weapons of mass destruction" scam won''t work anymore. Or will it? Are we that stupid? Don''t we ever learn from our mistakes?

[keithle1]

What''s the total spent on the Iraq war to date? Anyone know?

[yankeerebel7]

Why would the Democrats not fund a war they voted for in the first place? At least with Republicans, you know where they stand on the war, for better or worse.

[brianbwb-2009]

Pouring all their money into military spending is what bankrupted Russia. If we don''''t demand our troops to be pulled out, the day will come when the American dollar is worthless.
Posted by harp1963

That point came on August 19, 1972, when Nixon opened the treasury, ans sold the gold on the market, because the government didn''t have enough gold to cover the notes printed, thanks to Bechtel Corp''s thievery during the US''s genocide of the Vietnamese.

The only reason it has any value today is because OPEC insists on it as the payment tender for it''s oil. Once that ends, (soon) then it really will devalue to worthlessness. All it takes now is next year''s further devaluation, (the "storm clouds over the economy" that our idiot in chief now admits to seeing, but not yet to causing) which will force the Chinese to short sell the 1.5 trillion in US debt, in turn forcing Opec will be forced to use a more stable currency, most likely the Euro.

Then The US will see hyperinflation on the same scale as Germany just before Hitler''s rise. Strange that now it works backwards from before, this time the nazis gain power, then the economy collapses.

[harp1963]

You know, the Democrats have to keep funding these wars or the Republicans are going to portray them as communist traitors. The fact is America, we can''t keep running up the credit card.

Pouring all their money into military spending is what bankrupted Russia. If we don''t demand our troops to be pulled out, the day will come when the American dollar is worthless.

[figuy30]

RowdyTexan2 - It''s corruption. Nobody could be this stupid.