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Old 04-17-2012, 10:26 AM
 
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How much is our government making in Afghanistan through the poppy/heroin trade?
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Old 04-17-2012, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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How does it feel to want?
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Old 04-17-2012, 10:29 AM
 
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How much is our government making in Afghanistan through the poppy/heroin trade?
ahh yes one of our fedguvs greater hypocrisies.
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Old 04-17-2012, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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That's $2 billion just for security purposes. Afghanistan also wants $1.5bn for reconstruction projects and an additional $500m for administrative costs. Wars have consequences. Still think the Afghan war was worth it? Lost soldiers, lost money, lost reputation; gained another antagonistic leader of the middle east to contend with.

Let's not learn our lesson though; Off to Iran!

Karzai wants 'at least $2 billion' a year from US - Yahoo! News
Just think. Karzai wants nearly all of the money that will be brought in by the Buffett Rule. You know $4.7 billion a year. Since that pittance won't do one thing to help our deficit maybe we should just give it all to him.
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Old 04-17-2012, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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It's a whole lot cheaper than being attacked, that's for sure.

One 9/11 Tally: $3.3 Trillion - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
Our two wars didn't mitigate the possibility of being terrorized again. What we did was merely add two costly disasters to the one we already endured.

Cost of War to the United States | COSTOFWAR.COM
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Old 04-17-2012, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Well, Bush broke it and we have to pay for it. Do you guys want the Taliban to be in control again? Pay up suckas.
once we leave they already will so might as well save 2 billion and has he asked the taliban for money because they came over the pakistan border to fight and plant IEDs... So they owe half of what ever he is asking so he better go collect from them.
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