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09/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Kennedy asks a damn good question here."
Kennedy asks a damn good question here.
Where is that $4 billion a month being spent? Why can't The Thug Cabal account for a billion and a half per month?
The decision to go to war in Iraq was a fraud ''made up in Texas'' to give Republicans a political boost, Sen. Edward Kennedy said Thursday, calling the Bush administration's current Iraq policy ''adrift.'' In an hourlong interview with The Associated Press, Kennedy also said the administration has failed to account for nearly half of the $4 billion the war is costing each month. He said he believed that much of the unaccounted money is being used to bribe foreign leaders to send in troops.
''There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud,'' Kennedy said.
Kennedy said a recent report by the congressional budget office showed that only about $2.5 billion of the $4 billion being spent monthly on the war can be accounted for by the Bush administration.
''My belief is this money is being shuffled all around to these political leaders in all parts of the world, bribing them to send in troops,'' he said.
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If Senator Kennedy is saying this, imagine how horrible the facts actually are.
Also, independent budget analysts believe that about 1/3 of the dollars being spent in Iraq are going to big business contracts.
Why the hell would these companies want to get out of Iraq if their business opportunity is just beginning?
Just some food for thought...
Posted by Memorybanker @ 09/18/2003 03:09 PM NY
bribery? who? us? america wouldnt do a thing like that, next thing your going to tell me that people buy votes in congress... i wouldnt doubt that we are spending a lot of money on bribes, but $2.5 billion a month? thats more bribes than the entire senate takes in a month from their corporate sponsers. wow
Posted by justin @ 09/18/2003 04:57 PM NY
