More Money More Bloodshed

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With the continuing war in Iraq and present motions to station thousands of troops in Afghanistan, its no secret that the United States Armed Forces will lose not only thousands more lives but also billions and billions of dollars. Today in Washington the Senate decided to allocate another 128 billion dollars to fund wartime ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of course in my opinion I believe this money would be better spent here at home improving our public education system and fixing the housing mess, but hey, who am I?

What I do agree with is the pay increase for U.S. soldiers included in the spending at the tune of a 3.4% jump in salary. Their service and dedication is priceless. President Barack Obama is also planning to eliminate certain military programs that have basically rendered themselves obsolete over the recent decades, such as funding for mid-air combat. We are fighting more and more for the most recent military technology as much as anything else. Whoever has the most sophisticated weapons gets to kill the most enemies and save the most "friendlies". The formula is really that simple.