The Cost of Afghanistan: Too High, Says the White House

[no_hypocrisy]

The White House is putting out the word that the sheer cost of the war in Afghanistan will be a big reason why President Obama orders a drawdown of US forces in July. The size, and pace, of that withdrawal is up for grabs, of course, and it’s entirely possible that Obama will once again cave in to pressure from the military and withraw only a token number of troops.

But in the Washington Post today, the word is that at nearly $120 billion a year—it’s just too much. Reports Rajiv Chandrasekaran <1>:

“Of all the statistics that President Obama’s national security team will consider when it debates the size of forthcoming troop reductions in Afghanistan, the most influential number probably will not be how many insurgents have been killed or the amount of territory wrested from the Taliban, according to aides to those who will participate. It will be the cost of the war.”

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http://www.thenation.com/print/blog/161035/cost-afghanistan-too-high-says-white-house

[Vanje]

1. Yes! nt

[Skittles]

2. someone earlier referenced a No Shit magazine

certainly this article would be there

[obxhead]

3. Gee.

It took Obama 2 years to figure that out?

Oh wait, it took him a lot longer than that. He's been voting for funding on that war before he became Pres.

:eyes:

The war costs too much in lives and treasure to continue it at ANY level.

[csziggy]

4. Has Obama never watched The Princess Bride?

http://youtu.be/LfWDilXZQEo

[Downtown Hound]

5. And once again it takes overpaid idiotic politicians to finally realize too late

what all of us have known for years. Go figure.

[DFab420]

8. so you are saying President Obama is idiotic?

[Downtown Hound]

12. In this case, yes I am.

How is it that I , who's sole military training comes from watching war movies and reading books, am able to more accurately read and call these situations for what they are than all these politicians with 5 star generals and West Point educations advising them?

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. the cost of war......lol.......

:silly:

[mdmc]

7. $omeone$ gotta ca$e of the CUT AND RUN$

can't blame em.. i've been a cut and runner for years now..

[kenny blankenship]

9. WH: Oooh we are so mad about how much Afghanistan costs! When we find the asshole who doubled down!

When we find the asshole who doubled down on this bullshit! Oh Oh OH you don't want to even know what we'll do to him! Oh we are fucking livid with rage!

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. !!!!

lol

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. The cost of war? All of sudden, he is worried about the cost of war.

Oops...:silly: