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The 20 years of war in Afghanistan cost the American people $2.26 TRILLION
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:41 pm
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Unbelievable. Plus the 2,442 Americans killed and over 20,000 injured.
Unbelievable. Plus the 2,442 Americans killed and over 20,000 injured.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 2:44 pm
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Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:42 pm to Gtothemoney
Still cheaper than the dems latest piece of legislation
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:43 pm to Gtothemoney
Yeah, Barack Obama and Joe Biden must toss and turn at night thinking about all the union bosses, green energy hustlers, and political cronies they could have paid off with that money instead.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:49 pm to Gtothemoney
Guess we fricked around and found out. Well we tried. The Afghans didn’t want what we offered them. Time to leave.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:50 pm to Gtothemoney
Just think... We pass trillion dollar legislation these days without blinking
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:50 pm to Gtothemoney
Repubs and dems own that. More of these useless wars for nothing are on the horizon.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:52 pm to Vacherie Saint
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Still cheaper than the dems latest piece of legislation
cheaper by 54.87% too...
Would need to fight 7 more years (27 total years) at the average cost to match just the latest bill
Would have to fight 80 years to match what we printed in the last year
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:54 pm to HailToTheChiz
I don’t recall all the dead and injured Americans in that legislation.
ETA: my brother in law was one of them.
I wasn’t for or against the war in 2001.
ETA: my brother in law was one of them.
I wasn’t for or against the war in 2001.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:55 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
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Yeah, Barack Obama and Joe Biden must toss and turn at night thinking about all the union bosses, green energy hustlers, and political cronies they could have paid off with that money instead.
you don't really think all of that money went to Afghanistan do you?
It went to the exact people you named. War is not about winning anymore. It is not about securing the nation. It is about creating fear to grab money and pass it out to the interest groups.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:57 pm to CDawson
Yeah, that was kind of my point -- it's all the same.
I believe Obama and Biden sleep like babies every single night.
I believe Obama and Biden sleep like babies every single night.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:57 pm to Gtothemoney
That number $2.26 trillion comes from the Cost Of Wars Project at Brown University. They also claim that US military action since 9/11 has created 37 million refugees. That is a lot of refugees considering the total population of Iraq and Afghanistan was 50 million in 2010.
We have spent too much money, blood, and time in Afghanistan that is for certain. But take the $2.26 trillion number with a grain of salt.
We have spent too much money, blood, and time in Afghanistan that is for certain. But take the $2.26 trillion number with a grain of salt.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:58 pm to Gtothemoney
Let that be a lesson for us all.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:58 pm to CDawson
Without a doubt many many people got rich and continue to get rich with all that money spent.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 2:59 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
Why wasn't the mission simply to kill bin laden and his top level of organization and get out? That at least would have had an actual objective. Military industrial complex is indeed dangerous to the us taxpayer and soldier. The glass city near dc housing Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, etc has to justify its never ending thirst for our money.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:07 pm to Gtothemoney
quote:that was the plan. guess who got that money? bankers, politicians, and businessmen.
$2.26 TRILLION
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:08 pm to Vacherie Saint
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Still cheaper than the dems latest piece of legislation
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:16 pm to TigerDog83
You answered your own question pretty succinctly.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:16 pm to Gtothemoney
Anyone still believe the American government and MIC wouldn't be complicit in the murder of 3,000 of us for that kind of money?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:18 pm to Gtothemoney
Yeah but bush's buddies got all that oil.....or something like that so we could have cheap gas.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:20 pm to Gtothemoney
And how much of that money went to American businessman who profit off war?
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