Reply #36: In the Bill some of the funds had a specific spending agenda. [View All]

I see what you are saying and all I can tell you is that some of the money had been assigned to specifically cover the cost of the armored humvees requested by the marines. Bush had stated that these and other protective equipment could not be made or sent there because there was no money available at present (where any other president would have made sure they had this equipment to begin with) so now he can't complain or deny the troops this equipment because the Dems said okay, here is the money for the humvees and the body armor you requested and is to be used solely for that purpose. Bush cannot use this portion of the funding for anything else.
I wish they could throw the blood of the dead soldiers all over these neocons, and then throw the dollar bills on them so they stick to the blood just so they would get the point. But this time Bush has to spend the money as it was appropriated with the top priority of providing the equipment necessary to protect the troops. So now all eyes are on this to make sure this is where the funding goes. But like you, I'm not only paranoid but extremely mistrustful of things Bush says or "promises" to do as we should be by his past actions.