Bush Wants More Money For Wars

Here we go again. In the NY Times article Bush Requests $46 Billion for Wars by David Stout it is reported that Bush is asking for an additional $46 billion, bringing the total amount Bush wants to spend in Iraq this fiscal year to $196 billion. Keep this figure in mind when you read about bills he has vetoed that he says cost too much.

Congress should not grant him this money. Then, Bush will say that Congress is endangering our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But that won't be true. If Bush were to bring home the troops which he sent to Iraq, and changed the mission in Afghanistan from nation-building to finding Osama bin Laden, then Congress could turn the money spigot back on. But if Bush refused to come to his senses (since our Constitution explicitly gives Congress, not the President, the authority to fund wars) then he should immediately be impeached for recklessly endangering our troops.