Article link: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/washi ... ref=sloginSince 2001, Congress has approved $507 billion for Afghanistan, Iraq and other operations deemed part of combating terrorism. Even with the Democrats in control, there is unlikely to be much appetite for cutting the war-related spending requests, Mr. Kosiak said.
\"No one seems to be saying we're going to make deep cuts in war-related expenditures,\" he said. \"I don't see evidence that the Democrats are interested in cutting this.\"
At that price couldn't you have just bought Iraq and had Afghanistan thrown in as a deal sweetener? I mean that is only about 6 grand each man, woman and child. Give them the cash and let them take a year off to hang out on the beach or something. Things would be a lot quieter.