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We can take that to an extreme: <br> (from 2015) http://time.com/3651697/afghanistan-war-cost/ http://time.com/3651697/afghanistan-war-cost/ "...the CRS (Congr

We can take that to an extreme: <br> (from 2015) http://time.com/3651697/afghanistan-war-cost/ http://time.com/3651697/afghanistan-war-cost/ "...the CRS (Congressional Research Service) report says the cost of keeping a single American soldier there (Afghanistan) this year is an eye-watering $3.9 million..." <br> I don't think there's too many millionaires coming back from Afghanistan.

toomanybeersies 10y ago
"Each Javelin round costs $80,000, and the idea that it’s fired by a guy who doesn’t make that in a year at a guy who doesn’t make that in a lifetime is somehow so outrageous it almost makes the war seem winnable.” - Sebastian Junger