DID YOU KNOW?By Jerry and Ishu

March:20 2003

Operation Iraqi Freedom Began

26 days later:

Invasion of Afghanistan begins.

It began on September 11

APRIL 9, 2003: Saddam Hussein Statue Toppled in Iraq

MAY 1, 2003: Bush said : Mission Accomplished

Dec. 6, 2002: The Taliban surrender their last stronghold of Kandahar

Afghanistan

But 9 years later,

We are still there.

With….

36

different countries

involved in Afghanistan.

We have more than :

Occupying Afghanistan

27 690 International Troops + 78 400 U.S troops

We Used

71,700 Private Security Contractors

Only 3000 are armed.

We have help from:

163,146 Afghan Army &

Police

To kill an estimated:

In 2006

In

2010 x 3

30,000 Taliban

Currently we have spent more than

$784 billion on Iraq War

$321 billion on Afghanistan

$28.7 billion Enhanced Security

$18.4 billion on Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund

And $6 billion that we can not allocate.

The estimated cost of the war in Iraq:

$60 billion

In 2003

3 trillion dollars

$3 000 000 000 000

Eventual predicted cost of the war today is ( all countries)

Iraq + Afghanistan

And it takes

300 billion to lift 1 billion out of extreme

poverty

80-600 billion to send people to Mars.

64 billion to eradicate Aids worldwide.

(Equal to 32 days of the war)

But sometimes joining a war is necessary. Even at the cost.

But Current wars still the

second most

expensive.

2008 figures

But lives are more important than money right?

2009 figures

The world lost: Can: 125 UK: 227 US: 658

But compared to % of troops

Canada takes it the hardest at 5.1%

UK: 3.6 %

US: 2.5%

Number one killer:

Is rising.

Withdraw our troops?

While we Were There.

Vaccination has increased.

Infrastructure has been developed at a furious rate.

And the dictatorship was destroyed.

The economy in Afghanistan now has been better than ever before.

In 2001, there were virtually no cell phones in Afghanistan.

Today, there are more than 8 million cell phone users across Afghanistan.

‘I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?“’  ~Eve Merriam

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