Voting by the Republican 109th Congress led to the Iraq war and its funding. Money from America flowing to Iraq in vast quantities has been the result.

Bloggers here know I have suspected that taxpayer dollars sent to Iraq makes its way to republican operatives to be laundered.

This not-so-far-fetched idea is beginning to come out into the open:

In one of the most troubling trends, U.S. officials said that Al Qaeda's command base in Pakistan is increasingly being funded by cash coming out of Iraq, where the terrorist network's operatives are raising substantial sums from donations to the anti-American insurgency as well as kidnappings of wealthy Iraqis and other criminal activity.

The influx of money has bolstered Al Qaeda's leadership ranks at a time when the core command is regrouping and reasserting influence over its far-flung network. The trend also signals a reversal in the traditional flow of Al Qaeda funds, with the network's leadership surviving to a large extent on money coming in from its most profitable franchise, rather than distributing funds from headquarters to distant cells.

(LA Times, emphasis added). We know that Iraq gets its money from the US taxpayer these daze.

If it is not a stretch that US taxpayer dollars are going into Iraq then out of Iraq to Al Qaeda in Pakistan, then it is likewise not a stretch to see how Blackwater operatives and military elements can redirect it back to the states to be laundered is it?

Votes do matter John, so thanks for keeping an eye on it all these years!

Hello,
I am wondering whether the voting machines that will be used for the democrat and republican primaries will have paper auditing?
I am concerned that either of these may be gamed as the MSM is certainly playing favourites at the moment which is a little alarming.

Regards,
JRW