$400 Gas, How about $1 billion per 1,000 troops?
The Pentagon comptroller’s office says the US pays $400 per gallon of gas in Afghanistan when it was asked for a breakdown of why every 1,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan costs $1 billion. That war is getting mighty expensive, and now Rep. John Murtha has said that any additional troops and operations likely will have to be paid for through a supplemental spending bill next year, something he has said he already anticipates. Story at The Hill
Please support ending the war in Afghanistan. We can’t afford it in terms of money, lives, and humanity.
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