“I don’t see evidence that the Democrats are interested in cutting this.”

The Defense Department is requesting Congress approve a $100 billion expense bill to further fund the U.S. occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and the War on Terrorism as a whole. With the new Democratic heavy Congress convening this month, analysts doubt the anti-war stances taken on the campaign trail will turn into a refusal to continue funding the occupations. U.S. Forces continue to suffer loses at the hands of anti-occupation forces in Iraq, however, with December being the most successful month for insurgents in all of 2006. Anti-war activists at home are planning protests once the American death toll reaches 3,000. The Iraqi death toll is now being estimated at over 655,000 since 2003. And somehow hanging Saddam Hussein is supposed to make that all ok?