Sunday, June 26, 2011

Expensive, yes; but uncomfortable, no.

We know the shitty little war in Afghanistan is costing us at least $120 Billion a year. We have also been told that it costs $1 Million per soldier per year. NPR has now given us a peek at how some of those costs break out.
The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion.

That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help foster new democracies in Egypt and Tunisia.

"When you consider the cost to deliver the fuel to some of the most isolated places in the world — escorting, command and control, medevac support — when you throw all that infrastructure in, we're talking over $20 billion," Steven Anderson tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin. Anderson is a retired brigadier general who served as Gen. David Patreaus' chief logistician in Iraq.
Time to bring them all home.

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