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Deadlocked War Funding Bill May Halt Troop Carriers 

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq —  The armored carrier has a grim black slash across its side, burn marks on the door and a web of cracks along the window.

Like most of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Anbar province, this one has been hit as many as three times by enemy fire and bomb blasts. Yet, to date, no American troops have died while riding in one.

But efforts to buy thousands more carriers — each costing about $1 million — could be delayed if the White House and Congress do not resolve their deadlock over a $124.2 billion war spending bill.

About $3 billion for the vehicles is tied up in the legislation. The spending plan has stalled because of a dispute over provisions that would set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. ...

Joe Katzman has an excellent related post here.

Bottom line: Replacing HMMWVs with MRAP's saves American lives. The Army and Marines are waiting for money to replace a bunch of 'em. They don't have it yet because the Surrendercrats are playing political games instead of taking care of the troops.

It is my fervent and heartfelt hope that when the jihadis finally manage to nuke DC Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Mad Jack Murtha are just far enough from Ground Zero to see the flash and have a split second to realize what happened before the shock front arrives and liquefies their bodies. Catching the three of them somewhere on the left coast for a moonbat convention would be even better, of course.

Update after a night's sleep and some time to surf the web a little: I don't really want the Three Ratateers to die in the initial blast. I'd much prefer they die slow lingering deaths trapped in the rubble, preferably under the same rubble pile so they have time to congratulate each other on how well they managed the war. (No, Bill isn't "off his meds again." I'm not wishing any worse fate for the Ratateers than will be suffered by thousands of others if they succeed in implementing their proposed policies.)

Below the fold (newest items at the top):

• Rice: 'Slam dunk' comment didn't lead to war
• Officers: Ex-CIA chief Tenet a 'failed' leader
• Scheuer: Don't Buy Tenet
• A Basic Tenet of Public Life...
• Meet the Press: Harry Reid's Plan for America
• Top general: U.S. needs a bigger Army faster
• Video: Murtha suggests impeachment
  if President doesn’t “compromise”
• Good News In Anbar
• Saudi’d Straight
• And then what?
• Terrorists Ecstatic With Democrats' Debate
• 1st Assault Accordians, Advance to Rear!
• "If Osama bin Laden stood up and said 'Here's my timetable for withdrawing from Iraq'...
• "I'm ready for my fatwa"
• US aircrews show Taliban no mercy
• Certified Madness
• Winners And Losers
• Forgive My Unstiff Upper Lip
• Another big fish in Iraq? 

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 29, 2007 at 01:06 AM in Afghanistan, Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Mad Jack Murtha | Permalink

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