CHESSNOID

I thought we were drawing down our troops and going to save tons of money that could be funneled back home domestically to help our ailing economy.  I know that was probably hopeful thinking on my part.  Even some Democrats are upset about the latest war funding.

LA Times:

President Obama’s new $83.4 billion supplemental war request, which brings the cost of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq to $1 trillion, drew fire Thursday from anti-war North Bay Rep. Lynn Woolsey.

Woolsey, D-Petaluma, who co-chairs the Progressive Caucus, had said in an earlier interview that she can’t support raising troop levels. She came out Thursday with this statement:

“As proposed, this funding will do two things – it will prolong our occupation of Iraq through at least the end of 2011 and it will deepen and expand our military presence in Afghanistan indefinitely.

“I cannot support either of these scenarios. Instead of attempting to find military solutions to the problems we face in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Obama must fundamentally change the mission in both countries to focus on promoting reconciliation, economic development, humanitarian aid, and regional diplomatic efforts.”

The decisions being made now are by the Obama administration and the economy getting worse will be credited to him and his administration. As far as blaming Bush for all this mess, that is getting old.