If the warmongering, Bush-wanna-be John McCain wins in November, you have to wonder just how high this number is going to climb in the next four years. You have to wonder where WE will be in four years!

Bush details $70B war funding request

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has sent lawmakers a $70 billion request to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring.

Friday’s request fills in the details of the $70 billion placeholder that the White House asked for when it sent its budget to Congress in February.

Congressional analysts say Bush’s request would bring the total spending to fight terrorism and conduct the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to $875 billion.

The bulk of the money, $45 billion, would fund combat operations, but there’s also $3 billion to deal with roadside bombs and $2 billion to cope with rising fuel costs as a small freebie to his Big Oil friends.

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