US: Afghan war costs $300m per day / Vote: Is it time to withdraw from Afghan?

A report says that Washington spends $300 million of American taxpayers' money on Afghan war per day, and this comes as the US has failed so far to establish security in the war-torn country.

This is while the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012.

Under the Pentagon's proposed budget, the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will drop to $117.8 billion for fiscal year 2012, a reduction of $41.5 billion from the previous year, AFP reported.

As the US war effort winds down in Iraq, the budget sets aside $10.6 billion for “Operation New Dawn,” with the remaining 50,000 US troops there due to withdraw by the end of 2011.

Spending for the Afghan mission calls for $107.3 billion, down slightly from the last budget, which requested $113.5 billion.

The budget released Monday offered no insight into the scale of the planned drawdown, with the Pentagon's budget document assuming an average of 98,250 troops on the ground by the end of 2012.


Further info at this link:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/165283.html

Afghanistan: The land that's easy to conquer, impossible to hold.

I think it's a shame the Bush admin got distracted and mishandled Afghanistan for so long. Obama's attempts to catch up are probably too little, way too late.

I really don't know one way or the other, but apparently Gen. Petraeus has had enough.

General David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/petraeus-out-2011-2?utm_source=%23frankguillen&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=FrankGuillen+Buzz&utm_content=Google+UK#ixzz1E4zPZafr

Why is the US at war in any country.

Just call the lads home.?

I voted yes, but I don't think it could or should happen overnight. They definitely need a specific timeline for withdrawal though.

Lime Flavoured wrote:I voted yes, but I don't think it could or should happen overnight. They definitely need a specific timeline for withdrawal though.

like one of their 'road maps'

Dont worry Im not takeing the rise out of you and agree with what you say