tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2361470166248316581..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: CostsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-79946808000463467202015-01-29T14:16:38.485-05:002015-01-29T14:16:38.485-05:00So... $115 billion to rebuild after liberating Eur...So... $115 billion to rebuild after liberating Europe and North Africa from the Third Reich, and East Asia from Imperial Japan.<br /><br />...and $107.5+ billion to rebuild Afghanistan after blowing it up in pursuit of a radical Islamist faction that is 1) still operating and 2) spawning even worse splinter factions which are destabilizing other parts of the world.<br /><br />Oh, and the puppet government we installed is both ineffectual and corrupt, and by removing the prior regime we single-handedly revived the Afghani opium trade.<br /><br />Oh yeah, <i>and</i> it was we who originally put the Taliban in power to begin with, using them as a chess piece in a proxy war against the Soviet Union.<br /><br />Money well spent?G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com