(American soldiers, American contractors, Afghan military and police, allied NATO soldiers, Afghan civilians, Taliban and other enemy soldiers, aid workers, journalists)
(American soldiers, American contractors, Afghan military and police, allied NATO soldiers, Afghan civilians, Taliban and other enemy soldiers, aid workers, journalists)
Piles of money: $10,500,000,000,000
(borrowed for direct war costs: 2T; interest by 2050: 6.5T; health care, disability, burial, etc. for roughly 4 million Afghanistan and Iraq U.S. war veterans peaking past 2048: 2T)
Lives that could have made a difference in a sane world. Money that could have gone for education, healthcare, infrastructure -- all the human endeavors that build society instead of destroying it.
20 years
Piles of bodies: 172,390
(American soldiers, American contractors, Afghan military and police, allied NATO soldiers, Afghan civilians, Taliban and other enemy soldiers, aid workers, journalists)
Piles of money: $10,500,000,000,000
(borrowed for direct war costs: 2T; interest by 2050: 6.5T; health care, disability, burial, etc. for roughly 4 million Afghanistan and Iraq U.S. war veterans peaking past 2048: 2T)
By the numbers: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-14/costs-of-the-afghanistan-war-in-lives-and-dollars
Lives that could have made a difference in a sane world. Money that could have gone for education, healthcare, infrastructure -- all the human endeavors that build society instead of destroying it.
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