Wed 22 Jul, 2009
I bet the Taliban are excited.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday announced a temporary increase in the size of the U.S. Army that would boost the force by up to 22,000 troops for three years.
He told reporters at a news briefing that the increase, intended to cope with strains from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, would raise the total strength of the Army to 569,000 soldiers.
You don’t think this increase has anything to do with July being the deadliest month for troops in Afghanistan, do you? I mean, our government didn’t look at the 30 American soldiers deaths and say, “Listen, we need to increase the number of live troops going into Afghanistan in order to offset the number of dead troops going out. So how many more do you think we need to send in?”
No, that’s crazy talk. Our government wouldn’t do that. They’re just increasing the number of troops because they want to win, that’s all.
Anyways, you know what I’m hapy about? I’m happy we aren’t going to spend more money sending these troops overseas, because I don’t think our economy could handle it.
What’s that? We are going spend more money?
The Pentagon plans to absorb an initial expansion cost of $1.1 billion through fiscal year 2010, which begins October 1, without additional funding from Congress. But Gates suggested more funds could be necessary in fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Robert Gates suggesting more funds could be necessary in 2011 and 2012 is the same thing as me suggesting to a hooker it could be necessary for her to blow me.
I don’t understand this shit. We have an economic and health care crisis, which is causing both Republicans and Democrats to whine about the national debt, yet neither party says anything about spending money on these idiotic wars. Why is that?
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Tags: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Robert Gates, Temorary increase my fucking ass, Troop IncreaseComments (4)
ZIRGAR says:
Yeah, but Phuck, war is cool since it allows us all to enjoy the knowledge that we’re blowing the shit out of foreign brown people and decimating their countries! You’d be a completely un-American commie pinko fag if you couldn’t find that reason enough to spend every dollar we have in our coffers.
Steve says:
War, man, is American as apple pie and napalm. You are dangerously close to touching an icon here, young man!
Phuck Politics says:
@Zirgar and @Steve – Whoa guys. You’ve got me all wrong. I love war. I mean, I wouldn’t be able to play kick ass video games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare if there weren’t any wars.
So take it easy guys. Geez.
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