Shocker: Obama Increasing War Spending
Remember how Obama said he was going to cut the budget deficit by decreasing spending on Iraq? Well to date, in nearly six years, we’ve spent just over $600 billion in Iraq. So roughly $100 billion/year on Iraq spending.
But now Obama wants $200 billion in war spending from Congress for the next year and a half, a big chunk of that funding his surge into Afghanistan. It doesn’t take a math genius to know that’s more than $100 billion/year.
WASHINGTON (CNN)—President Barack Obama will ask Congress for more than $200 billion to fund U.S. war efforts for the next year and a half, according to defense officials.
The request will be for $75.5 billion for the rest of the 2009 fiscal year to cover the cost of sending more troops to Afghanistan this year and additional $130 billion for 2010, according to the sources.
I really don’t have a problem with Obama’s spending requests. I think we need to win the war in Afghanistan like we won the war in Iraq. That being said, it does illustrate just how duplicitous Obama is being about the overall budget.
He claims he’s going to cut war spending, but he’s not cutting war spending. It must be part of his plan to cut budget deficits by increasing them.
