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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJuan Cole: The American Quagmire in Afghanistan By the Numbers
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/20100-the-american-quagmire-in-afghanistan-by-the-numbers
Number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 2,150
Number of US service members wounded in Afghanistan badly enough to go to hospital since 2001: 19,415
Current annual cost of keeping a US soldier in Afghanistan: $2.1 million
Number of US troops now in Afghanistan: roughly 51,000
Annual average unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans 2002-2012; 10% (average annual unemployment rate for vets of previous wars: 6.3%)
Afghan civilians killed in political violence or war 2006-2012: 14,728
Amount of money US has spent to rebuild Afghanistan: $100 billion
Proportion of the $100 billion wasted or misspent or stolen or given to militants or not received by intended recipient: 85%
Population of Afghanistan: 30 - 34 million
Amount of US aid since 2001 per person: roughly $3,333
[pdf] Per capita annual income of Afghanistan: $470
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Juan Cole: The American Quagmire in Afghanistan By the Numbers (Original Post)
eridani
Oct 2013
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Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)1. What about "THE DEFICIT?"
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Wasting money is the one thing the Pentagon does really, really well. nt
newfie11
(8,159 posts)3. But but we must cut entitlements
Stop food stamps etc!
Where is the logic? Oh wait, it's the government so
No Logic needed!