Pentagon OKs over $10 billion in arms sales for Iraq

Hells yeah baby! Waste that money!

It's simple...Iraq is running out of weapons and America wants it to be a "fair fight" so they decided to sell them ten billion dollars worth to even up the odds!

when i say "WE" what i mean is the people that do things in our name. "we" did vote for these people ,right?

$10bn is a crazy amount to spend on something which is so unjustified. $10bn could make huge strides into renewable energy or health research.

They'll need the weapons to attack us with in 15 years.

Big oil and the armament industry are big money. You should see some of the accounting tendencies of KBR. They have highlighted some of it in the media. It is all shocking.

Moral of the story?

A country must create its own democracy, if that is what it chooses to do. A country that has had democracy forced down it's throat, well, they make good customers for our weapons manufacturers.

You're all liberal hippies. The US is not giving the weapons to the terrorists, they're giving it to the government and police who are stopping the terrorists. How are the Iraq people supposed to live in peace if they don't have ways to defend themselves?

it is no differance to what is happening here. we spend so much more on developement of new tec.
then we see these politicians say their is no money for social security. no money for schools ,no money for new orleans or any other place that was hit by storms or devistated by natioral disasters.we are all accoutable. many do not vote no one sends letters to their congressmen. try it and see what happens. we need to force the politicians and the news agencies to confront these issues, it needs to be out in the public. so all the people can be educated on these issues that are never spoken of.

What ever? Just bring our troops home now! If the corps want u.s. presence then let them pay for their own military... Bring our military serving in Iraq home! You corps. foot the bill... Bring our Americans home now! Congress ACT now!

yeah I seem to recall that we gave Iraq weapons back in the 80's, to a nice man called Saddam Hussein.. wtf is going to happen now? History will repeat itself, that's what.

This is the real reason we are in Iraq, along with oil.

Dwight D. Eisenhower warned you 50 years ago about the military/industrial complex.

George W. Bush and Dick Chenney embody EVERYTHING that Ike warned about--even down to covering up and lying about scientific findings to support their policies.

If you don't believe it, google Eisenhower Farewell speech and listen to it for yourself. None of this should be a surprise to anyone.

Sounds like the government is not listening to the American people, yet again!!!!

This is exactly the same strategy/mentality the US had with Saddam when they armed him against Iran and the Kurds.

This jaunt in Iraq is going to fail miserably and give Arabs one more reason to hate the U.S.

This is exactly why we should not have invaded Iraq.

Besides killing people bad.

Just wait until Bush walks out of the White House and straight onto the board of General Dynamics Corp. Then it will be all too clear (and too much like a bad joke).

10 billion dollars... 10 billion dollars?!

We've spent $400 billion in our little combined project with Iraq and Afghanistan already, and what has it gotten us? We could've done so many better things than killing innocents with $400 billion! If we were to attack every nation that threatened us the tiniest bit as we have in Iraq, the United States would have to start asking Donald Trump for loans.

DUMB ASS PRESIDENT BUSH!

how do we even have 10 billion to spend these days?

clayjj05 said:

we paid for all the infrastructure they are just paying us back.

Well, Clay nothing we paid for is up and running, so I guess we better look for their check to bounce? Doesn't matter it's just Cheney's friends that sold them the stuff anyway.

How else are we supposed to make money? We don't make much else over here.

its clear to me now,, this world is going to shitt

We are all set now. If we have to attack them again we won't be attacking an unarmed nation. It didn't look good when we were bombing the Hell out of them and they only had thirteen missiles to fire back at us. WMD?

IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH

Iraq does not need the weapons the MIC needs the 10 Billion.

I feel like I'm sitting at a diner and someone keeps adding side dishes to my tab.

Check please!

Ride on!

To end this war with us not losing and being over run takes more weapons than necessary. Nobody likes that and I am a part of the party that is. But honestly how else can we end this war without being taken over?

BIG RED FLAG!

The Bushites are grabbing every penny up and loading weapons in Iraq intended as support against Iran... Watch and weap... That is "His" message to us... Not too compassionate up there in Richland....

Follow the money from the arms sales... Who is getting it?

well let me just pull out my check book... how much is it? 10 billion. Ok... If 10 minus a negative 9.5 trillion equals... ok here ya go. Have fun! and thanks for letting us invade your country

So Iraq a country that has seen a lot of war and violence spend 10 billion on more weapons? Why not spend 10 billion for peace!

Powerup, the US is not selling WMD to Iraq.

The truth speaks for itself.Weapons of mass destruction what a stunt now there being sold to them.What a government.

but not10 billion dollars to re-build what we destroyed. disgusting.

anyone besides me see history repeating itself here?

Your right, it isn't evil to do this but the only thing is that this money is only going to be used for fire arms. Yes, its a good thing but to have to end conflict with weapons is never the right thing to do in my opinion. No worries, no hate mail from me. I attack the argument, not the people. I respect the point your trying to make. We are all here to give our opinions on this website. This is what it's all about.

Are we giving them things to shoot us with?

(preparing for the hate mail as I sit here)

I believe the purpose of this, is to allow the Iraq military force in Iraq to gain control over cities and lands that the warlords and the remaining talablan, insurgents, etc, are trying to hold.

They had nothing but long dresses and head things before (not trying to be disrespectful), and to take over so our troops can come home, yeah the do need some cool gear!

Truly it isn't evil to do this... (laughs and shakes her head).

Holy shit with $10 Billion you can buy a Sold Gold Diesel.

ofcourse they need more weapons, we destroyed everything they had at the start of the war.

Shock and Awe?

This settles it. This is one of the reasons why we can't take the next steps in making the world a better place (Look for china and renewable energy and see why the U.S. can't go further and how china "can"). That is 10 million going to the war (for weapons and possibly many other things, government has a rep for not telling us everything. not to be offensive but moving on...). That money can be going to the poor or other things of importance. Like how KRAG2112 has said i think we all can agree that we are indeed "beyond outrage" from 9/11. That event was disgusting to me and i was outraged but how long have we been fighting in this war? How can you take out all the terrorists in the world? If someone can answer that, i will bow down to you and give you props because i can't seem to find the answer. For example, it's like sending a group full of dogs to take out all the cats in the world. And even then, how long will the dogs last before they make the choice of "screw this! Been doing this for years..Want out!" Everyone would rather be home. We are not robots. You can tell us for sure to do something and we can get it done but how long do they expect you to last? It is also a mental state of mind. Did you know that some soldiers are deciding to commit suicide? They have no hope left. I wouldn't for sure.
anyway, my point is that this money should really be going for other things. Things that matter in the world. Our soldiers are tired and they want to go home. I know that some of you might have relatives in Iraq (if you guys do) and you miss them but enough is enough. They are just as tired as anyone else would be.
Beyond this; the next presidential election will be interesting and i can't wait for it.

What on earth does Iraq need over $10 billion in weapons for? Why to help us in the upcoming war on Iran of course.

Of course you could always take the more cynical view that this is simply a handout, from US taxpayers to American defense contractors, to ensure that US defense contractors have plenty of cash on hand for political contributions to the campaigns of candidates that will support further military actions around the globe, ensuring the continued profits of defense contractors, allowing further contributions, and around and around we go.

$10 Billion may not buy all that much military hardware, but it sure will buy you a few Senators.

All 10 Billion gets you in the military is 3-4 aircraft a few tanks, APC's and a few rounds of ammunition.

Hells getting filled up real fast with Conservatives like the current bunch!

This is a classic example of the poison conservatism
offers to US and the world!

In order to have real infrastructure that extends water, electricity, gas etc. you need to be armed to the hilt!

More Bush cronies making a lot of cash on the misery of the world!

What comes first the chicken or the egg?

Or what comes first peace or a rocket launcher/automatic weapon?

10 billion dollars could buy great healthcare for many of our veterans who are being ignored by the Bush administration.

Dumbasses!10B would buy alot of food and infrastructure.Unreal!

Ugh. Nevermind all the infrastructure needs in the country. If we really want to help them, shouldn't we give them something that doesn't become useless once it's out of ammo? Perhaps something that helps them rebuild instead of destroy?

so they can go to war with Iran instead of us :)

they need weapons to defend there country from "terrorists" LOL! US!

10 BILLION, jeez! Weapons must be pretty expensive! Boy I can't wait until Bush is the hell out of the White House.

I think people are beyond outrage over the events of the past 7 and 1/2 years or so. It is just that between Bush and Co. and this complisent congress people feel trapped. Busha and Co. love this deal. If you look at the history of the Bush family they have been nothing but dealers in death for four generations. Arms and bombs are their money makers. The family thrives on death and destruction. The entire family should be in prsion for crimes against humanity. The family is a bunch of death dealig trash. Study thier history. Nothing about these greedy killers should surprise anyone who has read about thier past achievements in death and war.

This is the most under-reported story of the week. Why isn't this bigger news? Why aren't more people outraged by this?