Victory Money

Hidden in the fine print of the military budget this year is an allocation of $20 million dollars for an Iraq and Afghanistan victory party to be held in Washington, DC. The money has obviously not been spent and is being rolled over into 2007.

Safety Rule 4001 says:

Um…no big shocker that the funds weren’t used in 2006, my bet is they aren’t going to be used in 2007 either as the death toll over there keeps getting higher and higher. It’s really hard to see how this money’s going to get spent at all, as the ‘War on Terrorism’ just isn’t going to end…ever. How about this guys in DC…wait until we actually win something before celebrating it.

The idea of having a celebration for such a purpose just seems plain wrong. Not to be pessimistic or anything, but no matter what the outcome of Iraq -- with all the lying and death -- could we really deem it a victory? And even if there is some type of positive closure do we need to spend this kind of money on what could be considered propaganda?

-Dippold

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