Legacy of the War on Terror

[GostHacked]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/04/billions-in-equipment-supplies-being-left-behind-in-afghanistan/

How much "stuff" is the United States military leaving behind as it withdraws from Afghanistan after 12 years of war? Try some $6 billion worth.

And much of it may yet end up in a junk pile.

That includes 850 MRAPS (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles which have been credited with saving countless lives from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the road, but now will either be sold whole or for scrap on the Afghan market. Each cost about $1 million to build. But it would cost an additional $100,000 to ship each home, so military officials say they are leaving the oldest and least useful behind.

This calculation is being done over and over, as U.S. military officials weigh what to bring home and what to leave in the battlefield. As Afghanistan heads into elections this weekend, U.S. forces are preparing for a total, or almost total, withdrawal by the end of the year.

Ultimately, some 170 million pounds of vehicles, equipment and "white gear" -- that's all the non-military stuff that contractors have been using, like furniture, generators, chemical toilets, air conditioners, non-classified computers and more -- are being left behind. What they cannot, or will not, donate or sell to the Afghans or to allies is being destroyed so that it doesn't rot in place or fall into Taliban hands. Some reports indicate that most of the $6 billion worth of materiel will indeed be sold for scrap or thrown in the junkyard.

What a freakin waste. Six billion could be used to help each and every US citizen with a better life through other means than military equipment.

[Shady]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/04/billions-in-equipment-supplies-being-left-behind-in-afghanistan/What a freakin waste. Six billion could be used to help each and every US citizen with a better life through other means than military equipment.

That's not true. The government already spends trillions per year on helping people with "a better life." Also, that equipment gets made my American workers.

[GostHacked]

That's not true. The government already spends trillions per year on helping people with "a better life." Also, that equipment gets made my American workers.

Yeah like funding subversion tactics against another country via social media run by the CIA.

[Shady]

Yeah like funding subversion tactics against another country via social media run by the CIA.

Subversion tactics against a brutal and repressive government.

[On Guard for Thee]

Ah yes, the good old military industrial congressional complex. Where would Haliburton etal be without it.

[bush_cheney2004]

Ah yes, the good old military industrial congressional complex. Where would Haliburton etal be without it.

Where would you be without it (contracts) ?

[On Guard for Thee]

Where would you be without it (contracts) ?

I'd be right where I am now.