Monday, October 28, 2013
Afghanistan by the numbers
Juan Cole has a list of the terrible, wasteful statistics of our 12 year sojourn in Afghanistan.
Number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 2,150There are more. And it makes you wonder what kind of an idiot wants to stay there.
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%
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