Administration requesting 5.7 Billion for Training in Iraq

New York Times

.....The administration is also requesting $1 billion to train Iraqi security forces, bringing the total 2008 request for training funds to $5.7 billion.

$5.7 billion just for 2008? How much longer are we going to keep throwing money into this pit? We've seen no progress for all the tax payer's hard earned wages spent on Iraq. Instead, we've been witness to graft, corruption and incompetence.

I'm not the only person fed up with this mess:

“The president and his supporters claim that we’re now finally on the cusp of progress and that we must continue to stay the course,” Mr. Byrd said. “I’ve heard that before. Call me a skeptic, but we have heard this tune before. Yes, haven’t we?”

Antiwar protesters in the hearing room responded with cries of “Yes! Yes!”

Mr. Byrd later had the room cleared of protesters after they disrupted an answer by Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Look, I'm not saying that absolutely no money should be approved for the Iraq Invasion. There are necessary items needed by the troops right now. Things no person should be questioning.

Mr. Gates said $11 billion of the requested money was for building 15,000 heavily armored vehicles designed to better withstand the roadside bombs that cause the majority of American casualties in Iraq.

The Pentagon also seeks $9 billion to repair and refit American equipment stocks......

Bottom line: This administration has screwed the pooch in regards to just about everything it's put it's hands on, internationally and domestically. I am not trusting any policy it wishes to pursue. Especially in Iraq. I figure, fund just enough to more than adequately supply our troops so they can be kept safe, and once a competent, ethical, and moral, administration is in office, let's then look at what policies to pursue.