$6 trillion for war in Afghanistan and 6,000 American lives
2 trillion direct cost of the war, 2500 US soldiers, 3,800 US contractors were killed. 6 trillion dollars in interest by the year 2050. Was it worth the cost? https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-afghanistan-43d8f53b35e80ec18c130cd683e1a38f
Associated Press
Combat ops are under $1t. Not the best use of my tax money, but holding the balance of power was less than 30b/yr (and falling), and 3k people in non combat roles. There's two different issues here: did we execute the war historically in a sane way? No, we should have either backed a tyrant we liked, or wiped them all off the board. Was pulling out a good idea? No.
Don’t forget about the hundreds of thousands of Afghans killed for no legitimate reason. Don’t forget the tens of thousands of soldier who will suffer from PTSD, the broken families, and the spouses and children some of whom will suffer abuse from this trauma.
Worth it? No one can tell. We didn't have a 2nd 9/11, one could argue that's because we fought in the middle east. Was the execution the best? No.
So you think “no 2nd 911” is a win? There are hundreds of countries in this world, they don’t have 911 and don’t need to invade Afghanistan
History repeats. US will never give up on interfere other countries’ internal affairs. As long as politicians happy.
You can't put a price on friendship.
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