The situation in Iraq has gotten so bad, the troops stretched so thinly that the Pentagon may redeploy 4,000 troops from front-line duty in Korea to the Middle East. Reserve units are said to be experiencing troubles with recruiting new members and some estimates claim that troop rotations will have to become longer and more frequent. Equipment is being so used so heavily, that the Army has "recalled" 4 howitzers loaned to ski resorts for avalanche abatement and may be placed on active duty. Worries over continued safe supply of petroleum - combined with OPEC gaming of the market - has driven crude to it's highest price ever, with attendant soaring gasoline prices. Spending on continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (anyone remember that place?) is resulting in the largest federal deficit in decades; if it continues at it's estimated pace it will be the largest in history very soon. Additional supplemental spending bills are already making their way through Congress.
Amidst all of this, BushCo. adamantly refuses to request even the smallest of sacrifices from the American people. Regardless of your position on the war, on Bush in general, you just have to admit that Bush's "mouth is writing checks [his] ass can't cover."
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