General McChrystal: We Are Going To Be In Afghanistan Long Term! Well Past ANY Dates!

[democracy1st]

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December 16, 2009 CBC The National


More wars courtesy of The Military Industrial Complex & The Goldman Sachs admin


New estimate for Afghan war: $1 million per soldier


Senior administration officials reported to the New York Times today that budget projections for the war in Afghanistan will cost U.S. taxpayers at least $1 million per soldier, per year.

The plan to add 40,000 American troops and greatly expand Afghan security forces, supported by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, is estimated to cost between $40 billion to $54 billion annually. “Even if fewer troops are sent, or their mission is modified, the rough formula used by the White House...appears almost constant,” according to the NYT.

The new estimate for the cost of war in Afghanistan will cancel out the $26 billion savings projected for a 2010 troop withdrawal in Iraq. Under this scenario, the overall military budget could rise as high as $734 billion. The highest annual military budget during the Bush era was $667 billion.

A senior administration official speaking anonymously with the NYT said that concerns over politically volatile spending influenced the President during a White House meeting on Wednesday. Obama was insistent that each military plan incorporates the quickest possible exit strategy. “He knows we cannot sustain this indefinitely,” the official said.

In 2006, Congressional researchers estimated that the accumulated costs for each soldier in Afghanistan would be about $390,000. The sharp rise in costs reflects the increase in mine-resistant troop carriers and surveillance equipment, in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The unique difficulties of transporting soldiers around the mountainous, isolated terrain in Afghanistan also burdens U.S. taxpayers, military analysts say.

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/estimate-afghan-war-1-million-soldier/

[avaistheone1]

1. More backpedaling on withdrawal.

How reminiscent of the previous admin.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Fuck mcchrystal and the MICs war. Obama needs to stop acting like a prison bitch.

[Mithreal]

3. "They just want to live" but the US has decided their country is of strategic importance

[EFerrari]

4. Why is this man in charge of anything?

He's likely a war criminal and should be behind bars.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. Time for his "commander in chief" to reprimand him. Send him to the brig.

This guy is challenging Obama and if Obama doesn't know it, we are in deep trouble.

[pundaint]

10. Obama only reprimands Liberals

[liberation]

11. Yeah, funny he and most of his merry Dems only find their spine when it comes to neutralize liberals

Maybe it is time for us progressives to show the same level of disgust as the right seems to have for him.

I am beginning to think the whole DLC clan is made up of emotionally f*cked up a**holes who not only respect abuse, but actually crave it. This administration seems to act like an abused spouse who is all hell-bent in gaining the validation of their abuser at any costs...

[Lerkfish]

6. the REAL reason we will never leave Afghanistan

[pleah]

7. And this is supposed to be a surprise? NOT!

Pipelines, poppies, control of the region.. anyone who thought that we would actually be out of any of these places was only dreaming.

[chill_wind]

8. "..will cancel out the $26 billion savings projected for a 2010 troop withdrawal in Iraq."

"The new estimate for the cost of war in Afghanistan will cancel out the $26 billion savings projected for a 2010 troop withdrawal in Iraq. Under this scenario, the overall military budget could rise as high as $734 billion. The highest annual military budget during the Bush era was $667 billion."

We cannot afford McChrystal's war.

[pundaint]

9. does that include supplemental funding during Bush's admin?