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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
6. Guess we haven't left enough shit there.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:27 PM
Feb 2015
- And with peace breaking out between Russia and Ukraine because of those meddling Germans and Frenchies, the MIC will need another spigot opened into the US Treasury, or just keep one they were closing opened longer.

[center]Scrapping equipment key to Afghan drawdown


Those MRAPs that the Pentagon has deemed unnecessary have been arriving by the dozen at scrap yards at four U.S. military bases in Afghanistan in recent months. Toiling under the searing sun last week at this vast base in southern Kandahar province, contract workers from Nepal and other countries in the region wore fireproof suits and masks as they used special blowtorches to dismantle vehicles built to withstand deadly blasts. It takes about 12 hours to tear apart each MRAP.

Among The Costs Of War: Billions A Year In A.C.?
To put the Ukrainian debt problem into perspective, the US military spends approximately $20 billion a year just to air-condition tents in Afghanistan for the troops who guard ''our warlords'' poppy fields.






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Not buying it. GuntherGebelWilliams Feb 2015 #1
What news source, if any, do you accept as reliable? candelista Feb 2015 #5
Why were we there in the first place? Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #2
15 years just wasn't enough. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #3
"to ensure that 'progress sticks' " Solly Mack Feb 2015 #4
Guess we haven't left enough shit there. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #6
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OnyxCollie Feb 2015 #7
Stick, my ass... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #8
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