General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are we spending more in Afghanistan in 2012 than in Iraq in 2004 ?
Supposedly the wars are winding down, but we are still paying over double the defense budget of the Clinton years.
more
http://csis.org/files/publication/120515_US_Spending_Afghan_War_SIGAR.pdf
Bush more than doubled the defense budget while giving tax cuts and no one in the US Congress can figure out what happened to the economy?
think
(11,641 posts)No Compromise
(373 posts)It is time for real Americans to stand up for our country.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)No Compromise
(373 posts)there must be a way we can get them in a straight jacket where they belong
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)No Compromise
(373 posts)Did they ask us if we want to pay for that crap?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)And they want to cut Medicare and Social Security.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Afghanistan is a bigger country.
Contracts increased as # of contractors increased.
Many DOD contracts are for 5 years or longer, with increases built in.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)One that should be answered by our elected representatives the nation's chief executive.
No Compromise
(373 posts)?
OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)Everything of value we brought in over the last severa years that can be brought back needs prepped/IDed/packed and made ready for shipment. Some operations need transferred to civillian contractors and companies. You've got to hurry up and train afghan forces to take care of themselves, train their pilots, build up their military infrastructure and wrap up loose ends.
It's not like they look at a calender and say, "well today's the day. lets get outta here" - and hop in their M-ATVs and drive off. It;s taken several years to get al this shit where/how it is today. Gonna take either alot of effort to get it out in just a year.
Edit: I have feeling that a lot of assets and stuff will simply jump across the mediterranian to Yemen, Djibouti, and other terrorist hot spots used for training in NE Africa. Never ending wars, ya know.
former9thward
(31,798 posts)No Compromise
(373 posts)when will we talk about the real takers?