Per Andrea Mitchell guest on MSNBC, Afghan war costs $15 Billion/month,

[old mark]

Afghani Army's best units are "lazy" drug users and bad soldiers, while Taliban is very well trained, skilled and motivated and respected by US forces.
By staying in Afghanistan, we are doing exactly what the enemy wants us to do - waste lives and wealth, destroy the US by breaking our spirit and our economy in a pointless and destructive war...Bush jumped right into the trap, and if you recall McCain's campaign he is ready to continue the war for 100 years if "necessary".

We MUST get our "leaders" to re-think what they are doing and get out of this war ASAP, not in a few years, but in 2 years or less.

Thanks for your time.

mark
Former SP4, 82nd Abn Div

[librechik]

1. what's pathetic is GNP of Afghanistan is about $2B

we could buy everybody there 10 times over and more instead of doing what we are doing now.

[madrchsod]

2. cost of war.....

http://www.costofwar.com/

type in your state or city

[pacalo]

3. Imagine household budgets being run this way...

Charging 20 years into the future on a product used to alleviate phobia issues (ghostbusters, zombie protection), while the family goes without the basic necessities.

These wars need to stop.