Above: Army underfunded, Iraq War Underfunded

Half of George Bushs’ 140 billion dollars of war funding was passed by Congress, this means that the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan are seriously underfunded, this puts added pressure for the US to pull out of both countries, this makes a pullout of a large bulk of American troops possible in mid 2008.

Robert Gates Picture above centre

Robert Gates (US Defence Secetary) stated that the underfunding is seriously effecting the Americans ability to run operations smoothly, he is pushing to secure more funds.