Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance’s plans for arm’s-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago.
The problem with the exit strategy is that someone has to pay for that army in an era of austerity budgets and defense cutbacks.
The problem for the United States is how to avoid getting stuck with the check for $4.1 billion a year.
“This has to be a multilateral funding effort,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said. “We think there should be contributions from other countries.”
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Avoid getting stuck with any invoice from those towel heads. We do not have to fund anything. Bring our troops home now and tell them they are on their own. Pakistan is the problem and has been from the beginning. But, too many of Obama's family lives there.
ReplyDeleteThey are the ones with all the oil and gold in vending machines. Really? We have to pay for their failure to control their own country! Really?
ReplyDeleteThe Afgans need to pay for their own Army. We have been there 10 years building things for them and trying to help them. Most hate us. Why pay for anything else. We can't take care of our own problems.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't a question of "can we afford it?". The question is, shouldn't they be paying US for services rendered? After all, we are leaving them in better shape than when we went in. Just like Iraq who should be paying us back also. And we're headed for Iran now to save them from getting themselves blown off the face of the earth by all their nuclear powered neighbors in case they develope a nuclear bomb. Boy, are they ever gonna be grateful after we save them from that! They'll really want to pay a lot for that!
ReplyDeleteThe problem for the United States is how to avoid getting stuck with the check for $4.1 billion a year.
ReplyDeleteYou simply say "NO".