Leaving Afghanistan Will Not Be Cheap

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Devoe and other paratroopers return to Forward Operating Base Arian from a patrol in the rain along Highway 1 in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, April 20, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

Pulling Out Of Expensive War Will Be Costly, Officials Say -- Washington Examiner

An already expensive war in Afghanistan will cost American taxpayers between $5 billion and $10 billion just to pull a decade's worth of weapons, vehicles and supplies out of the country, The Washington Examiner has learned.

The Pentagon has shipped more than $57 billion worth of equipment to Afghanistan, including 53,000 vehicles and nearly 100,000 giant cargo containers filled with all the materiel necessary to wage war in a remote country with limited infrastructure. Now, with U.S. involvement in the war slated to end by 2014, the massive job of pulling as much salvageable gear as possible back home has begun.

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My Comment: Leaving Afghanistan may not be cheap .... but staying there is certainly more expensive.