Obama to seek $83.4 billion for Iraq, Afghan wars

[Blake]

WASHINGTON – Congressional aides say President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into the fall.
Once approved by Congress, the money would bring the total amount for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001 to almost $1 trillion.
Budget office spokesman Tom Gavin says the White House will send an official request to Congress this afternoon.
Obama was a harsh critic of the Iraq war as a candidate. He opposed a war funding bill in 2007, when former President George W. Bush increased the tempo of military operations.
The upcoming request will include $75.5 billion for the military and more than $7 billion in foreign aid.

Obama announced plans in February to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq on a 19-month timetable.


Hmmmmmm???? Guess Obama is a war monger now, lol.

Guess you don't understand what it takes to leave Iraq, lol

[hope4dopes]

I never really saw any significant opposition to military action in Afghanistan.

If micca can direct us to evidence of it, I will retract my characterization in this particular case. Otherwise, it was a pretty stupid thing for him to say.

hey man give peace a chance

[ChumpDumper]

hey man give peace a chance

I was giving you a chance.

You failed.

Stupid it is.

[hope4dopes]

I was giving you a chance.

You failed.

Stupid it is.

damn Chimp your starting to sound like chenney with all this talk of "good wars" what happen to hope and change. Are you insane what will the world think of us if we go charging into Afganistan? your talking like a rouge nation or some tin pot cowboy from texas.

[ChumpDumper]

damn Chimp your starting to sound like chenney with all this talk of "good wars" what happen to hope and change.

I was never opposed to the military action in Afghanistan.

Are you insane what will the world think of us if we go charging into Afganistan?

They understood. You must be too stupid to remember the support the US enjoyed after 9/11.

your talking like a rouge nation or some tin pot cowboy from texas.

You're talking like someone who is very stupid.

[hope4dopes]

I was never opposed to the military action in Afghanistan.They understood. You must be too stupid to remembber the support the US enjoyed after 9/11.You're talking like someone who is very stupid.

Uh oh Chimp you made a spelling error in the above statment, you must of been frazzled don't worry I won't rat you out to Mrs. W the grammer Nazi.but you owe me one.

[ChumpDumper]

Uh oh Chimp you made a spelling error in the above statment, you must of been frazzled don't worry I won't rat you out to Mrs. W the grammer Nazi.but you owe me one.

Grammer?

Indeed.

I'll fix it though. Thanks for the correction.

[TDMVPDPOY]

what is afghans population?

all you could do is ship them all out too sea, and bomb the out of the country and then return them back....

[ChumpDumper]

Only 32 million.

[Winehole23]

Uh oh Chimp you made a spelling error in the above statment, you must of been frazzled don't worry I won't rat you out to Mrs. W the grammer Nazi.but you owe me one.

I like the mispellings. They led you to confess your own imposture, then to call me a woman and a Nazi. Insecure much?

[ChumpDumper]

WH, you were right about the funding issue. Apparently the military needs the money this fiscal year before the Obama budget kicks in. Additionally, Obama's opposition to supplemental spending bills in the past hinged upon their having no timeline for a withdrawal from Iraq. That's what the pinko sites are saying anyway.

[shelshor]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/wo...gram.html?_r=2
Obama to Appeal Detainee Ruling
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: April 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that it would appeal a district court ruling that granted some military prisoners in Afghanistan the right to file lawsuits seeking their release. The decision signaled that the administration was not backing down in its effort to maintain the power to imprison terrorism suspects for extended periods without judicial oversight.

In a court filing, the Justice Department also asked District Judge John D. Bates not to proceed with the habeas-corpus cases of three detainees at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, Afghanistan. Judge Bates ruled last week that the three — each of whom says he was seized outside of Afghanistan — could challenge their detention in court.

Tina Foster, the executive director of the International Justice Network, which is representing the detainees, condemned the decision in a statement.

“Though he has made many promises regarding the need for our country to rejoin the world community of nations, by filing this appeal, President Obama has taken on the defense of one of the Bush administration’s unlawful policies founded on nothing more than the idea that might makes right,” she said.

A version of this article appeared in print on April 11, 2009, on page A6 of the New York edition.

[Winehole23]

More continuity.