More $ May Be Needed in Iraq Next Year? No Kidding?

More $ May Be Needed in Iraq Next Year? No Kidding?

.FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Cheney Hints $87 Billion May Not Be Enough

WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney (search) hinted Sunday that the Bush administration would seek more money next year than the additional $87 billion already requested to pay mainly for postwar costs in Iraq.

Who out there really thought the $87B was going to be the final price tage for post-war Iraq? Show of hands? Ok, for those of you who just raised their hands, two things: 1) You are reading this and I can't actually see you . . . put 'em down; and, 2) Since when couldthe gov't make $87B last for more than a year doing anything?

Of course we are going to need to spend mor emoney there next year. It's a BIG job. But eventually we will be repaid for some of these expenditures by revenues from the sale of Iraqi oil. (Oops, did I just let the secret out that IRaqi oil would be sold again and some of hte money would go to repay the US for getting rid of Saddam?)

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