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2009-05-09 Afghanistan

Sign of the Times: Afghanistan War Costs Higher Than Iraq

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Posted by ed 2009-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Code Pink and Moveon.org have to be livid....

Posted by tipover 2009-05-09 02:02|| 2009-05-09 02:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Well unlike the Bushitler Iraq war, Afghanistan is a "just" conflict. No cost is too great for The One.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-09 08:06|| 2009-05-09 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Just you wait until Bambi invades Pakistain ...

Posted by Steve White 2009-05-09 09:06|| 2009-05-09 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect we're already providing advisors.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-09 09:15|| 2009-05-09 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Long lines of communication, airlifts and insecure shipping routes will tend to drive up your costs. That, and it sounds like Afghanistan chews up helicopters like nobody's business.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-05-09 11:14|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-05-09 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 obambi sez "I liked this war before I didn't like it..." in 3..2..1.

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2009-05-09 17:32|| 2009-05-09 17:32|| Front Page Top

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