$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan
10/15/09
The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan.
The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.
Pentagon officials have told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee a gallon of fuel costs the military about $400 by the time it arrives in the remote locations in Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63407-400gallon-gas-another-cost-of-war-in-afghanistanThe is utterly ridiculous! Good gawd...what will it take for Obama to see the futility of continuing this farce of a war in Afghanistan! I don't think the US really has the troops to send and the longer this mess continues, the deeper this country goes into the hole. I feel sorry for the Afghan people but we can't afford to be over there building up their country while ours is going to hell.