Congressional Spending, War, and the IMF

On the Guardian web site, Mark Wiesbrot presents an interesting analysis, "The War over IMF Spending," detailing the recent Congressional war supplemental bill and the added on IMF funds that President Obama promised to make at the G20 meeting in London.

What it breaks down to is a battle involving antiwar legislators who hope to scale back the occupation of Afghanistan by adding requirements and timetables, legislators who understand the downsides of neoliberal IMF policies and wish to make taxpayer funds hinge on policy reforms, and a White House Administration that just wants Congress to keep quiet on these hot button foreign policy decisions.