Wikileaks causes increased war spending?

~Zen~ · Jul 29, 2010

What's going on? Wikileaks released the MOST damaging information yet on the Afghanistan's war of horrors, and that same week Congress votes to increase the war spending another $37 BILLION.

In the end, the leaked WikiLeaks documents barely made a dent in Congress’s decision to continue funding a surge of US forces into Afghanistan. The measure passed the House 308 to 114, with 148 Democrats and 160 Republicans voting in favor.

The margin surprised leaders in both parties, who had expected more fallout from Sunday’s release of some 92,000 classified documents that amplified the difficulties of the nine-year war in Afghanistan.

House Republican leader John Boehner urged his caucus to back the war funding bill, despite the controversy over the leaked documents, which could have given the minority party cover to vote no. “We could have played politics with this vote and forced Democrats to come up with the votes. But our leadership told us to play it straight. We did the right thing,” said Rep. Lamar Smith (R) of Texas, after the vote Tuesday.

The margin surprised leaders in both parties, who had expected more fallout from Sunday’s release of some 92,000 classified documents that amplified the difficulties of the nine-year war in Afghanistan.

House Republican leader John Boehner urged his caucus to back the war funding bill, despite the controversy over the leaked documents, which could have given the minority party cover to vote no. “We could have played politics with this vote and forced Democrats to come up with the votes. But our leadership told us to play it straight. We did the right thing,” said Rep. Lamar Smith (R) of Texas, after the vote Tuesday.
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From a story in the news here.

skip · Jul 29, 2010

How sad that our government refuses to acknowledge a lost cause in this war. Just like in Vietnam you cannot force people to do what you want by killing them. It only creates more enemies. And America cannot win a guerrilla war (show me when they did!) like the Taliban is waging.

Just like the War on Drugs it is a war that cannot be "won" by any means. Indeed like all wars it only means more civilians suffer needlessly while the economy sinks even further.

Obama is just a tool of the Military/Industrial/Corporate complex that runs the USA.

Elijah · Aug 10, 2010

wikileaks=zionist ringers

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/07/29/gordon-duff-wiki-leaks-is-isreal-like-we-all-didnt-know/

Sethvir · Aug 11, 2010

Elijah said:

wikileaks=zionist ringers

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/07/29/gordon-duff-wiki-leaks-is-isreal-like-we-all-didnt-know/
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Do you really believe that? Reads like mouth-foaming propaganda to me.

Wikileaks is not centred on any one issue or nation (that said, they do have somewhat close ties with the Icelandic government).
There's plenty of bad press about Israel (and most other countries you could name) on there as well.

thedope · Aug 11, 2010

Sethvir said:

Do you really believe that?
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As good an explanation as any to account for why my life is fucked up.

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