{"id":517467,"date":"2010-04-05T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/karzai-threatens-to-join-the-taliban-so-was-the-250-billion-war-worth-it-2010-4"},"modified":"2010-04-05T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T19:37:00","slug":"now-that-weve-lost-hamid-karzai-lets-talk-about-the-300-billion-weve-blown-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/517467","title":{"rendered":"Now That We’ve Lost Hamid Karzai, Let’s Talk About The $300 Billion We’ve Blown In Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hamid<\/a>Let’s take Hamid Karzai seriously for a moment. The ever-disappointing Afghan president warns that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. the Taliban is turning into a legitimate political movement<\/li>\n
  2. Karzai himself will join the Taliban, if America doesn’t support his latest power grab<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If either of those things happen, then we’re close to square one in Afghanistan. Getting to this point has cost around $300 billion, according to Congressional reports<\/a>. Incredibly, next year will be the most expensive yet for Operation Enduring Freedom.<\/p>\n

    Although the Pentagon doesn’t provide much in the way of war receipts, we’ve got a rough estimate of average defense spending in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

    Here’s How We Blew Through $33 Billion Per Year In Afghanistan ><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

    $0.5 billion a year on health care for troops<\/h2>\n

    \"$0.5<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    $0.5 billion on Research & Development<\/h2>\n

    \"$0.5<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    $0.5 billion on Military Construction<\/h2>\n

    \"$0.5<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    $5 billion per year on Military Personnel<\/h2>\n

    \"$5<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    $8 billion per year on Weapons Procurement<\/h2>\n

    \"$8<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    $17 billion per year on Operation & Maintenance<\/h2>\n

    \"$17<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    SPECIAL FUND: $1 billion per year on spare parts and other “Additional Inventory Items”<\/h2>\n

    \"SPECIAL<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    SPECIAL FUND: $1 billion per year on combatting IEDs (through transfer to R&D, equipment, etc.)<\/h2>\n

    \"SPECIAL<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    SPECIAL FUND: $3 billion per year on Afghan Security Forces training<\/h2>\n

    \"SPECIAL<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    BONUS FUND: Obama’s troop surge will cost an EXTRA $12 billion per year<\/h2>\n

    \"BONUS<\/div>\n

    Source: An estimate based on Congressional reports<\/a>, assuming 28% of nine-year war budget for Afghanistan.
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Don’t miss…<\/h2>\n

    \"Don't<\/div>\n

    14 Facts About The Federal Deficit That Will Blow Your Mind ><\/a><\/h2>\n

    Join the conversation about this story »<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Let’s take Hamid Karzai seriously for a moment. The ever-disappointing Afghan president warns that: the Taliban is turning into a legitimate political movement Karzai himself will join the Taliban, if America doesn’t support his latest power grab If either of those things happen, then we’re close to square one in Afghanistan. Getting to this point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}