According to this article in the Ottawa Citizen today, "The Afghan war is going to end up costing the Defence Department more than $22 billion, in actual money spent on the mission and future payments to rebuild equipment and provide long-term care for veterans...".
For another perspective on the cost of this war, read this post by The Enlightened Savage.
4 comments:
Ha. I see were on the same page in terms of titling our posts. ;)
Well, it's a nice round figure. And it does catch the eye!
Still, it's a staggering amount of money, especially considering that's ONLY the DND piece. It doesn't include any of the CIDA or other development coststhat are being incurred over there. It also doesn't include the salaries of the troops that are over there, so the total is going to be even more mind-boggling when it's released.
This money could've been used to fund social justice programs like the Transgendered Albino Midgets Against Climate Change group.
BushHarper HATES transgendered albino midgets :(
And yet another enlightened contribution from a safely anonymous troll....
Post a Comment