Military Spending Reflects Our Flawed Policies

June 30, 2008 – 2:44 pm

President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond…The legislation will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it began more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total is nearly $200 billion, according to congressional officials.

Our taxpayer dollars have been grossly misused and abused in the name of fighting an ambiguous War On Terror. Can Bush or any of his supporters explain why we have spent so much more on a war against a nation that never attacked us than on one whose former government supported those that did?

Amount of money spent on fighting the homeland of fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers (Saudi Arabia) - $0.

Amount of money we give the Saudis every day in oil and gas payments - billions.

The Bush Administration - misappropriating your money since 2001.