$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan
By Roxana Tiron - 10/15/09 08:34 PM ET
THE HILL
The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
WHY WAR IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE
It's not just because of our fancy weapons:
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Check, on her site ,Diane Rehm's guest expert on the subject today. He made sundry good points. He came up short in the end however. Wants to keep 10,000 or so troops there. The Afghani majority want in the neighborhood of...NONE.
Thanx for the tip, Ken.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139649619/americas-secret-campaign-against-al-qaida
It's not an endorsement in general of the corporate/capitalist police state/elite war on terror-defending NPR, however.
Here's an example why from today.
Now the failed unmentioned reality:
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/15/for-second-year-dozens-killed-in-ramadan-attacks-across-iraq/
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