Some Sad Math about the Afghan Fighting...

[Alex]

We may have already spent 100-200 billion dollars fighting the War in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, we aren't feeding and sheltering the Afghan people who got out of the U.S.'s way by marching to Pakistan before the war started.

This heroic action by the Afghanistan people has allowed us to move against the Taliban in a much easier manner....the exodus by the Afghani people has easily saved our country billions of dollars AND helped to reduce collateral damage by reducing Afghani civilian targets.

If we don't spend some of the money the Afghani people saved us when they marched out of Afghanistan, on these same Afghani people, we have become just as evil as the Taliban.

Will Afghani deaths in the tens of thousands from starvation and lack of shelter this coming winter be comparable to our loss in the WTC?

Or were the people in the WTC somehow more innocent, and more "valuable".

Is it possible that one bombing run made by one US airplane costs MORE than what we have given to the Afghani people who aided our war effort by leaving their own country???

Will that be one of the lasting legacies of the Afghan War.

Will this Sad Math be conveniently covered up by our own media?



[This message has been edited by Alex (edited October 28, 2001).]

[Alex]

Winter's coming...we're not going to come out smelling like a rose on this one.

Unless we ensure the safety of the million Aghani Marchers.

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Alex