# Bush wants $50 billion more for the war.  Will he get it?

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**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-50-billion-more-for-the-war-will-he-get-it/417369 "2007-08-29T15:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-50-billion-more-for-the-war-will-he-get-it/417369/21 "2007-08-30T15:18:31Z")

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According to the [GAO](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082902434.html?hpid=topnews) (in a draft report – the unnamed source who provided it fears the final version might be watered down), only three of the 18 progress “benchmarks” Congress laid down for Iraq have been met.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-50-billion-more-for-the-war-will-he-get-it/417369/22 "2007-08-30T15:22:35Z")

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A la Homer Simpson…

“But its still good! OK, its was marinated overnight in raw sewage, but its still good!”

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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-50-billion-more-for-the-war-will-he-get-it/417369/23 "2007-08-30T15:25:47Z")

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> “Overall,” the report concludes, “key legislation has not been passed, violence remains high, and it is unclear whether the Iraqi government will spend $10 billion in reconstruction funds,” as promised.

I’m sure they’ll have no trouble spending it. On themselves.

Are we still handing out money in unrecorded bundles to any Iraqi with an honest-looking face or are we trying to actually monitor things this time?

Ten billion good thrown after god knows what bad.

In 2 years time you just know we’ll be reading about how it was all squandered, lost or stolen.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wants-50-billion-more-for-the-war-will-he-get-it/417369/24 "2007-08-30T16:50:12Z")

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[Moqtada al-Sadr is suspending all activities of his Mahdi Army for six months.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294990,00.html)

Hopeful sign? Olive branch? Or more in the nature of, “Please stop shooting while we reload”?

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