Pentagon Does Earmarks

The budget for the war is going to buy the Military's dream weapons, according to the Wall Street Journal:

Of the supplemental's total $99.7 billion, $34 billion is slated for weapons procurement. Much of the $47.6 billion for operations and maintenance also will be available to contractors to repair and modernize equipment they supplied. About half of the $9.75 billion slated for Iraqi and Afghan forces is likely to be used to buy weapons and equipment, says James McAleese, a defense consultant in McLean, Va.

Here is my favorite part:

The Navy appears to be using supplemental funds to secure money ahead of the fiscal 2008 budget, expected next month, when it will face pressure to cut aircraft purchases to free up billions of dollars for a new aircraft carrier.

That makes alot of sense: giant $8 billion supercarriers with no planes to fly on them. the US weapons procurement process is insane.