Hell... go for broke!

President Bush bids for bigger war chest

President Bush will ask Congress today for an extra $245 billion to cover war costs, even as he faces a knife-edge vote of no confidence by the Senate on his plan for a 21,500 troop surge in Iraq.

The budget being unveiled today is expected to include a request for an additional $100 billion this year — on top of the $70 billion already allocated — and $145 billion next year for fighting the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The proposed increase will take the total cost of Mr Bush’s wars since September 11, 2001, to almost $750 billion which — even when prices are adjusted for inflation — exceeds that spent by the US in Vietnam over a much longer period.

Before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, officials promised that war costs would be limited to $100 billion.

Yeah, but that was before we knew what we were getting into, right? And besides, we're getting so much bang for our buck...