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2,951 Days in Afghanistan Is Enough

Posted By Rugby Reader

Posted On: Nov 5 2009 11:12PM

To date, according to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, the American taxpayer has spent or committed $300,000,000,000 to fund this war. That breaks down to:

• $101,694,915.25 per day for 2,950 days
• $986.84 per person since our population is roughly 304 million
• $3,947.36 for each American family of four

And the greatest cost of this war is of course the 912 American troops killed, and 4,198 wounded. This of course does not include the thousands of internal wounds that our troops must bear for the rest of their lives.

The time to bring this war to a conclusion is now. The war in Afghanistan has lasted five times longer than World War I and twice as long as World War II. When 1/3 of Hamid Karzai's ballots were thrown out for voting fraud and Abdullah Abdullah declined the runoff election due to the rampant corruption in the system, the world saw what we already knew - it is simply impossible to impose a democracy on a nation that does not want it.

Posted By SHOPPEGIRL

ID#: 1614

Posted On: Nov 6 2009 7:48AM

THEN LET US WIN, CARPET BOMB THE PLACE, KILL ALL TERRORISTS, AND COME HOME VICTORIOUS...

It can be done.

Posted By rick

ID#: 4906

Posted On: Nov 6 2009 7:48AM

Rugby you are so correct, I just wonder when it is over and we have not done anything just like Russia. If all these War Hawks will go to each one of the Graves of are brave solders, and say sorry.

Posted By blmccar

ID#: 1655

Posted On: Nov 6 2009 10:25AM

Right on! Right on! Right on! Surrender you imperialist infadels!!!!

Spoken like a true liberal and supporter of Osama Bin-lauden. The latest from my favorite chicken terrorist!!!!

I now have the latest Anti-American troop hating propaganda ... I don't have to watch al-jazeera tonight or wait for the next Ahmadinejad speech.

Thanks for saving me some time.

Posted By Rugby Reader

ID#: 15627

Posted On: Nov 7 2009 12:48AM

In Afghanistan, as in Vietnam, it simply does not matter whether the United States wins or loses. It makes no sense for the Obama administration to expend more blood and treasure to vanquish the Taliban. The United States should accept defeat and immediately begin to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan.

Of course, President Obama will never do such a thing. Instead, he will increase the American commitment to Afghanistan, just as Lyndon Johnson did in Vietnam in 1965. The driving force in both cases is domestic politics. Johnson felt that he had to escalate the fight in Vietnam because otherwise the Republicans would lambaste him for "losing Vietnam," the same way they accused President Harry Truman of "losing China" in the late 1940s.

Obama and his fellow Democrats know full well that if the United States walks away from Afghanistan now, the Republicans will accuse them of capitulating to terrorism and undermining our security. And this charge will be leveled at them for decades to come, harming Democrats at the polls come election time. The Democrats have no intention of letting that happen.

The United States is in Afghanistan for the long haul. As was the case in Vietnam, more American soldiers and many more civilians are going to die in Afghanistan. And for no good reason.

Posted By Jack A.

ID#: 1521

Posted On: Nov 7 2009 9:05AM

One day of rugby illegally occupying our military was too much.........

Always Faithful

Posted By blmccar

ID#: 1655

Posted On: Nov 9 2009 12:23PM

Right on right on right on .... the defeat of the American infadels is inevitable!!!

Posted By flapps

ID#: 9106

Posted On: Nov 9 2009 5:17PM

American Ifidels? This means no religion. Are you a Crack Pot or what? Millions of Christians and/or Infidels have died for this country. Isn't it about time to stop the killing? Make our country free? Blmccar how many days have you spent in the military? Oh yes 911. Pearl Harbor. Commies into S. VietNam. Etc.
etc. etc. There is no end to our enemies. And there is no end to American Greed and Political Lies along with religious El Toro Manure.