janelane wrote:
] ] According to the lower request, the $25 billion would be
] ] placed in a fund under Bush's control. He could
] decide
] ] how the money would be spent, as long as he informed
] ] Congress that his request was "an emergency and essential
] ] to support activities and agencies in Iraq or
] ] Afghanistan."
] ]
] ] "This reserve fund will ensure that our men and women in
] ] uniform continue to have the resources they need when
] ] they need them," Bush wrote in a brief request barely
] ] longer than three pages.
]
] I wonder if the "request" (which is inappropriate nomenclature
] since they are asssured of providing what he asks) included
] provisions for where the hell the money would come from (not
] that most of us can't guess).
]
] --
] janelane

What I wonder is how we're going to look back at this in a decade or two (or three), after the total cost of this war - and the total gains - are available for comparison. $50b has to come from somewhere, and eventually - or sooner than we think - we'll pay.
~dementia

RE: CNN.com - Wolfowitz: Iraq, Afghan costs could top $50B - May 13, 2004