J_White
05-03-2012, 02:02 AM
http://situationroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/02/blitzers-blog-what-we-didnt-hear-from-president-obama-in-afghanistan/
Unfortunately, some of the nearly 90,000 American troops still in Afghanistan will be killed or severely wounded. Others will come back to the United States suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other long-term ailments. The costs of this war will continue long after all U.S. combat troops are out of Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
He never mentioned how much American taxpayers will have to spend over the next two and a half years maintaining tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan. The numbers are staggering.
It costs roughly $2 billion a week to maintain the current level of 90,000 troops. That’s more than $100 billion over the next year alone. Even with the scheduled troop reductions, U.S. taxpayers are going to have to shell out at least $200 billion between now and the end of 2014.
Its good to see the Wolf, of CNN, at least mentioning the cost of war !
I have hope that people will understand the foreign policy of Dr.Paul, just like now they understand more about the Fed.
When he took office in January 2009, there were 36,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He basically tripled that number to well over 100,000 troops.
Now, there are 90,000, and that number will go down to about 67,000 by the end of this summer. But that’s still nearly twice as many as when he took office.
I think it’s fair to say that Afghanistan is now clearly his war.
Look at how Obama is playing the Orwellian trick, straight out of 1984 !!
First triple the numbers, then remove some and say - see we are bringing them back !! lol
How will he blame Bush for this decision ?
We know what Obama wants to do in Afghanistan. Now, the American public will want - and will certainly deserve - a lot more specifics from Romney, given the enormous stakes in American blood and treasure.
Unfortunately, some of the nearly 90,000 American troops still in Afghanistan will be killed or severely wounded. Others will come back to the United States suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other long-term ailments. The costs of this war will continue long after all U.S. combat troops are out of Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
He never mentioned how much American taxpayers will have to spend over the next two and a half years maintaining tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan. The numbers are staggering.
It costs roughly $2 billion a week to maintain the current level of 90,000 troops. That’s more than $100 billion over the next year alone. Even with the scheduled troop reductions, U.S. taxpayers are going to have to shell out at least $200 billion between now and the end of 2014.
Its good to see the Wolf, of CNN, at least mentioning the cost of war !
I have hope that people will understand the foreign policy of Dr.Paul, just like now they understand more about the Fed.
When he took office in January 2009, there were 36,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He basically tripled that number to well over 100,000 troops.
Now, there are 90,000, and that number will go down to about 67,000 by the end of this summer. But that’s still nearly twice as many as when he took office.
I think it’s fair to say that Afghanistan is now clearly his war.
Look at how Obama is playing the Orwellian trick, straight out of 1984 !!
First triple the numbers, then remove some and say - see we are bringing them back !! lol
How will he blame Bush for this decision ?
We know what Obama wants to do in Afghanistan. Now, the American public will want - and will certainly deserve - a lot more specifics from Romney, given the enormous stakes in American blood and treasure.