Cut and Run

I received the following e-mail from Max Angst
Art, who does Denny Hastert think he’s kidding. His recent posing as a patriot refusing to “cut and run” out of Iraq was pathetic. Do you want to see Denny Hastert, Dick Cheney, and “W’ himself cut and run out of Iraq, take colossal profits out of the war. So far Hastert has given Bush (all money bills originate in the House) $440Billion dollars for this “war?” and just this week came up with another $66 Billion. All of that was above and beyond the regular defense budgets for 2003 through 2006 which totaled $1trillion 579 Billion. So in the four years of the war the US spent $2Trillion dollars fighting against a country that doesn’t have a standing army, Is it any wonder we have the largest national debt in US history.
Here’s a challenge to Hastert, Bush, Cheney et al. Because of the threat to world economy of our huge national debt -- about $8.5 trillion— and to our children’s future, reign in defense spending--.which at its current level is greater than the combined defense spending of all other countries in the world.—to $314 Billion and pay for the wars out of that money. If these guys were true patriots who are concerned about the future of our country they would jump at this chance. But don’t hold your breath.