WJ this morning - the cost of the war in Afghanistan

[malaise]

So how come Rethugs who supposedly hate deficits have failed to discuss the cost of sending more troops to Afghanistan?
Why is there all this noise about the cost of health care for American citizens and no outcry from these fugging hypocrites about the cost of these wars?

Good Discussion on Washington Journal this morning - CSpan1
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15cost.html?_r=1

While President Obama’s decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, it also has substantial budget implications that are adding pressure to limit the commitment, senior administration officials say.

The latest internal government estimates place the cost of adding 40,000 American troops and sharply expanding the Afghan security forces, as favored by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American and allied commander in Afghanistan, at $40 billion to $54 billion a year, the officials said.

Even if fewer troops are sent, or their mission is modified, the rough formula used by the White House, of about $1 million per soldier a year, appears almost constant.

So even if Mr. Obama opts for a lower troop commitment, Afghanistan’s new costs could wash out the projected $26 billion expected to be saved in 2010 from withdrawing troops from Iraq. And the overall military budget could rise to as much as $734 billion, or 10 percent more than the peak of $667 billion under the Bush administration.
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Bring the Troops home.