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To: TimF who wrote (174358)	8/23/2003 11:58:03 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

Sorry I don't think you are getting it. According to people in the Office of Budget, most of the war on terrorism money is going to the war in Iraq. That doesn't mean that the money going to the war on terrorism not includeing Iraq is going down. If before Iraq X was spent on anti-terrorism, and now 1.1 X is spent outside of Iraq and 10X is spent in Iraq that means that 1 - Most of the money spent on the war on terrorism is being spent in Iraq. and 2 - The amount spent on anti-terrorism outside of Iraq continues to grow. What it means is that of the $10 billion that was budgeted for the war on terrorism, $9 billion is going to the war in Iraq and the rest to the actual war on terrorism. They justify the diversion by claiming that the war in Iraq is part of the war on terrorism which it is not. ted