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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:20 AM Original message |
Gates Wants $17B to Expand Afghan Army |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Officials are currently looking at ways to finance it |
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BRLIB (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's $340,000 per troop trained! |
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iconicgnom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Iraq's surplus belongs to Iraq. *warning: rant* |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Applause and cheers. n/t |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. let see - how many schools in the U.S. would we have to close to raise this . . . |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. How much heroin would cover that? |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. I spent a year there as a military training advisor to the Afghan army |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. For 17 Billion, you could buy off the Taliban several times over |
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