No more war funding bill

2008년 6월 27일 금요일

No more war funding bill

Yesterday, US Senate approved war funds bill. According to “US Senate approves war funds bill” in BBC, government will add 162 billion dollars to Iraq and Afghanistan. Then, government will spend 330 billon dollars since 2003. This amount of money is almost same amount what US army spent so far in Iraq.

In my opinion, this is not a good time for making a decision to start huge amount fund to outside of nation. Now, it is almost time to start election for American president. After president change, every single policy doctrine will be changed. If the major political party is changed, then, the government will need more money to keep their political vision.

Many people in US are suffering huge stagnation, and while this suffering people are forced to out of the street. The oil price is increasing, after sub prime mortgage, people are start to bankrupt. There are many people having a trouble with medical care. To solve these kinds of problems the next government needs to save their fund. However, such a situation US senate approves this war funding bill, it would cause not only to give a problem to next government, but also US army and their families who stay in Iraq will be victim. The reason is, if the government stop funding, US army in Iraq lose their right correspond with this money.

The time will be too late after passing and it is hard to recover while this bill is progressed. For these reason, this bill must be left a serious risk to the next administration. These all purposes are related with stationing US troops in Iraq and increase the numbers. Yet, it may know what will be the next government decision for station in Iraq. US senate should consider this point and stop to fund raise to the Iraq or decrease the amount.

written by In Gil

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Linda :: I am of the same opinion as the commentator on No more war funding Bill. The amount of money the senate has approved for the war in Iraq is outrageous. How long are we, the American People, going to pay out for this endless civil war in Iraq? The Iraqi government should take charge of their own situation. They have surplus oil and gas reserves. They could sell that to get extra revenue, help develop their economy, continue to build their armed forces and begin to enforce the own laws. The Iraqis do not want the American troops there, walking around with guns and grenades causing explosions and havoc and fear. Conceivably not so many Iraqi civilians would die if we left.

I cannot see a single positive outcome of the war in Iraq. We have sacrificed the future of generations to come by borrowing so much money to fund this war. Our economy is in a downward spiral because of this war. As the writer maintains, we have uncontrollable inflation plus unrestrained fuel costs and no end in sight. The number of home foreclosures are rising leaving people homeless. Another serious problem we face is universal health care reform. We must help the millions who cannot afford health care. This is a huge dilemma and we have lost sight of the needs of the suffering people in this country. This critical issue should be foremost in the minds of our political servants. The fact that parents and children are unable to go and receive medical treatment when they are ill seems un-American in such a supposedly rich country.

We should stop funding the Iraq war immediately and the troops in Iraq should begin redeployment as soon as possible. This way we could quit borrowing money to fund the war and focus on our troubled economy and the Iraqi people can concentrate on their own country. We need to concentrate our efforts on domestic issues and a balanced budget (as we had when Clinton was President).

The writer's points are well taken and I believe that we were wrong to ever invade Iraq, the sacrifice of American lives has been heart-rending and very very costly.; 2008년 7월 2일 오후 7:45