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| Afghanistan |
| Expense not the issue in Afghanistan |
| 2011-06-20 |
| by Lawrence Kaplan |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #10 I think he means 'ports'. Dyslexia is a side-effect of the medication. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-06-20 19:24 |
| #9 assault on Saudi. They got the good prots. What's a prot, Goldies, et al? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-06-20 19:05 |
| #8 Wouldn't it be cheaper to make Pakistan our formal enemy? At least that country has a coastline. I see what you did thar. Now of course from a pure Operational Analysis it would make even better sense to stage an assault on Saudi. They got the good prots. :) |
| Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where 2011-06-20 16:58 |
| #7 So erm, what's the plan when you guys hit the debt ceiling in several months? Why, raise the debt ceiling, of course. Maybe print more money as well. You didn't think we'd cut the spending, did you? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-20 15:39 |
| #6 Afghanistan used to cost $800 million/month when we had 10,000 troops there. With the buildup to 100,000+ troops, it now costs $10 billion/month. Wasted money that could be used to reduce US energy dependence. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-06-20 15:16 |
| #5 The figures are slightly wrong, I've read estimates that the war in Afganistan is substansially higher then the $100 billion. Ofcourse doesn't matter, but I have read sources that cite the U.S have spent well over $2 trillion on Afgan since '01. So erm, what's the plan when you guys hit the debt ceiling in several months? |
| Posted by: Devilstoenail 2011-06-20 14:53 |
| #4 I don't think in general the American public is that against the war in Afghanistan as much as they were in Iraq. Even up here in NoVa, there doesn't seem to be the urgency there was to pull out of Iraq 2008/2009. I hope the politicians understand that. |
| Posted by: Griting Smith6978 2011-06-20 13:38 |
| #3 Wouldn't it be cheaper to make Pakistan our formal enemy? At least that country has a coastline. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-20 12:15 |
| #2 OTOH, I believe part of the war's unpopularity may be due to Karzai and the people who run Pakistan. It is truly galling to shell out billions of dollars to these people even if we can afford it. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-20 11:59 |
| #1 This is Newsweek? When did they start making sense? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-20 11:56 |