"Pricing an Afghanistan troop buildup is no simple calculation" states Christi Parsons & Julian E. Barnes of the Los Angeles Times. The White House' estimate is double the Pentagons estimate for how much it would cost year to send an additional 20,000-40,000 troops to Afghanistan.
The Pentagon publicy estimates that it will cost $500,000 a year for each additional troop sent to Afghanistan. The White House nearly doubled that estimate. Both the White House and Pentagon have different methods as they have different priorities that come into play. The White House has said that the reason the price is so high is that they don't want to underestimate the cost and lose public faith. Both sides state that these numbers are merely estimates and could change at any time. President Obama is expected any week now to respond to requests from his Commander in the region for a strategy change and for additional forces. They could announce the increase of 20,000-40,000 troops shortly after Thanksgiving.
I don't think they should be sending anymore troops over to Afghanistan in my opinion. We have already lost enough troops, we need to start focusing on what's happening here and deal with that. We need to pull out of this war as soon as we can, it's pointless and unjust. I don't want to have to spend my tax money to send troops there if I don't want to. I hope President Obama does what he intended to do in the first place, send the troops HOME!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
It's about time to end this war
It's about time to end this war is an opinion piece in my classmate Ana's government blog, in her piece she urges President Obama not to send 40,000 additional troops over to Afghanistan to fight this so-called war. Stating that "about 36% of our tax money goes to this war while only 30% is used for human resources."
I think this is a good piece. I like the way she emphasizes how much of our money is put into this war and how more and more countries are pulling out of this war. She puts alot of stuff into perspective and tries to make us see that there's really no point in sending more troops. Although this is a good post I would've liked to know how many casualties throughout this whole war we have lost. But other than that it was a really informative piece and I enjoyed reading it very much.
I think this is a good piece. I like the way she emphasizes how much of our money is put into this war and how more and more countries are pulling out of this war. She puts alot of stuff into perspective and tries to make us see that there's really no point in sending more troops. Although this is a good post I would've liked to know how many casualties throughout this whole war we have lost. But other than that it was a really informative piece and I enjoyed reading it very much.
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