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As an American taxpayer, I am disgusted with the nonchalant attitude of George W. in his never ending request for more money for the Iraq War. Not too long ago Bush got $147 Billion with his “supplemental” money that the Democrats rolled over on. And, every time Bush asks for money, he plays the “support the troops” card and makes it sound like if he doesn’t get the money, the troops will suffer. How many times is he going to use this tactic? I guess as many times as the Democrats fall for it. But the truth is that the additional $50 Billion he is asking for will not help the troops. What has been proven is that it goes elsewhere. You will be surprised at where all the money goes.

With the additional $50 Billion, we will go from an unbelievable $2 Billion per week to $3 Billion per week in Iraq war spending. But what is extremely disconcerting is that the troops are still not getting what they need while the military contractors are sucking the money dry and reaping the benefits of the spoils of war. From the results of her research on her book, Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War, Dina Rasor was able to follow the money and what she found was disturbing. In her investigation, she uncovered billions of dollars that were stolen and wasted on the part of contractors. Iraq is rife with stories of billions of unaccounted for cash, unsubstantiated costs, and empty convoys to nowhere. There were even instances of contractors charging labor costs of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, regardless of the work actually being done.

Congress has the ability to stop this madness through the appropriations process in which they can put restrictions on the money and force the Department of Defense to examine the contractor costs. However, Bush and the military will push back. Here is how the article describes what is going on.

The military will counter that they need unlimited funds to have “the best for our boys.” Their track record on this war will show that they have not done the best for the soldiers but, instead, have been influenced, threatened and bullied to do the best for contractors. Corruption, cronyism, and waste only hurt the soldiers and these contractors have taken advantage of this war in a way that has never been seen before. Their role, which is larger in this war than any before, was supposed to help the soldier and cost the taxpayer less.

At $3 billion a week with troops still complaining that they can’t get what they need, this sick experiment by the military must finally be brought under control. Let the Congress know, whatever your politics are on the war, that they have to do something drastic before giving over another $200 billion over to this underreported scandal.

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