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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:00 AM Original message |
How do we spend $1 million dollars per soldier in Afghanistan?? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Halliburton, or whatever the fuck it calls itself now, just skims most of it right off the top. |
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bherrera (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. You don't KNOW that a fight in Afghanistan is important |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, you are correct. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. That's how money is stolen from the Treasury. That's what WAR is for. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Surely it would be more cost effective to locate the 20 odd |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Army private pay is $18,000 |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And don't forget laundry at $100.00 per load... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. The how is easy. Our corporate welfare system has gone completely out of control. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. in dollar terms, we deploy far more equipment and supplies than personnel |
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