E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post has a great commentary on the budget and Iraq up today that I would like to point people to. The quote that really grabbed me was this one:
Consider only this number: Interest costs on Iraq-related debt will be more than $23 billion for fiscal 2008. That sum is almost exactly the amount separating Bush and Congress on spending levels for the entire budget now being debated.
That is just plain wrong.
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Or as Christopher Dickey writes at Newsweek:
And every damned penny of it so Bush and Cheney’s oil business buddies can rake in one last load of cash before they leave office – so they can bully their way into the coming energy technologies – and get a head start on charging us for friggin’ sunshine…..