President Bush was obviously pleased last week when Congress put the final touches on a defense spending bill that will earmark another $50 billion for military action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This funding will help us continue to hunt down the terrorists, pursue our strategy for victory in Iraq and make America more secure," he said in a statement.
But there are many others, and count us among them, who grow increasingly alarmed at the amount of money that has been spent, and will continue to be spent, in the two trouble spots.
The $50 billion — which military commanders say should last until May — hadn't even been approved yet and the Pentagon was already reportedly in the early stages of drafting yet another wartime request for twice that amount.
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