pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

I would assume this would be left to the military to decide. Why don't we ask Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Iran and the rest of our buddies to help move it?

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Obama Ready to Destroy $36 Billion of Military Assets

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The Obama White House is resigned to losing up to $36 billion worth of military hardware when it pulls out of Afghanistan.

A total of 750,000 pieces of major military hardware are in the country and the cost of getting it out is seen as insurmoutable.

That means either leaving it, or destroying it so it doesn't fall into the hands of potential enemies, reports Face The Facts USA, a project of the George Washington University,

"Transport is hard in landlocked, mountainous Afghanistan. But leaving it behind intact means the wrong hands could get hold of it," says the website. "So is it best to torch $36 billion in U.S. assets?"

The cost of transferring the equipment to another U.S. agency or bringing it out of Afghanistan, is seen as a prohibitive $5.7 billion, which means it will probably be lost to U.S. taxpayers for ever.

The equipment includes trucks, aircraft, and armored vehicles — most of which are controlled by the Army. A report by the Government Accountability Office said there are 50,000 vehicles and 90,000 shipping containers of materiel in Afghanistan.

Most U.S. troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of next year.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

We will probably spend $40 billion to destroy it... seems to be our government's way.

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Blurry, I have great idea. Instead of having it all moved out of the country we move it all to a central location. Then BOOM. One bomb and it's over with. Once the mushroom cloud is gone anything left would be so radioactive no one would dare touch it. What's the cost of a nuke these days? I think ebay banned them.


"We will probably spend $40 billion to destroy it... seems to be our government's way." :roll: :thumbup:

Robert Graybeal Loc: Myrtle Beach

Yeah, 36 billion is a lot cheaper than 5.7 billion!

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Dan821 Loc: Traveling........

Maybe they could have a garage sale...?

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

We should retrieve it, then send Bush the bill. Bush is the reckless idiot that put all that stuff there in the first place. And I'm certain he has enough private funds to cover a good portion of the cost.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

i'd back bush in afganastan. but iraq no. all that did was destablize middle east.

TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails

:idea: Sell them on ebay and let the people that buy them pay the shipping. Wait what am I thinking? :lol:

kevindunne

$5.7 billion to move them..fine. As long as its done by US companies employing US labor. This is what happens when you strip the Army of its organic transportation units to meet budget cuts.

LARRYR. Loc: Saint Martinville, La.

We better not wait to long to get rid of this stuff, because
as long as it takes Obama to make up his mind to do any
thing, it will cost us( the tax payers) tripple the amount
of money. By the way, it wasn't only Bush who wanted to
send troops over seas, don't forget your president OK'ed
them as well , as many of other DEMO'S did.

charlie Loc: Minneapolis, Minnesota

YO - Come into the year 2013 with us. Bush is retired, he lost the election in 2008. Obama is on his second term, Afghanistan is his baby now.

(Welcome to UHH)

nascar27 Loc: Kansas City, MO

quote=pounder35]I would assume this would be left to the military to decide. Why don't we ask Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Iran and the rest of our buddies to help move it?

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Obama Ready to Destroy $36 Billion of Military Assets

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The Obama White House is resigned to losing up to $36 billion worth of military hardware when it pulls out of Afghanistan.

A total of 750,000 pieces of major military hardware are in the country and the cost of getting it out is seen as insurmoutable.

That means either leaving it, or destroying it so it doesn't fall into the hands of potential enemies, reports Face The Facts USA, a project of the George Washington University,

"Transport is hard in landlocked, mountainous Afghanistan. But leaving it behind intact means the wrong hands could get hold of it," says the website. "So is it best to torch $36 billion in U.S. assets?"

The cost of transferring the equipment to another U.S. agency or bringing it out of Afghanistan, is seen as a prohibitive $5.7 billion, which means it will probably be lost to U.S. taxpayers for ever.

The equipment includes trucks, aircraft, and armored vehicles — most of which are controlled by the Army. A report by the Government Accountability Office said there are 50,000 vehicles and 90,000 shipping containers of materiel in Afghanistan.

Most U.S. troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of next year.[/quote]

How about we send over the Senate & Congress to man this equipment and leave it and them in place for good?

SR71BLACKBIRD

What do you mean your president last time I l looked the sitting president is OUR president. Yes some demo's voted to go but only after THE GREAT LIAR BUSH so very desperatlely wanted too. And by the way leaving equipment behind is not new, not that I agree.

Ka2azman Loc: Tucson, Az

I don't see the common sense to this. You have air craft, but can't fly it out? What?

How did they get that equipment into there in the first place? It's economical to bring it in, but not out?

Sort of reminds me of Viet Nam. Once the US left, they left a lot of military equipment behind on land. Just left it. But with the air craft, the Navy was photographed of disposing of fully capable flying air craft - by ditchiing it overboard in the Pacific. Just pushing it off the side of the ship. They did this with Ammo also. Why is the Military budget so large? I have no Idea. Oh they need an increase in the budget because we don't give them enough money to buy suffient equipment.