1. By Jerry and Ishu
Did You Know?

2. 26 days later: March:20 2003 Invasion of Afghanistan begins.
It began on September 11
26 days later:
Invasion of Afghanistan begins.
March:
Operation Iraqi Freedom Began

3. Dec. 6, 2002: The Taliban surrender their last stronghold of Kandahar
Afghanistan
APRIL 9, 2003: Saddam Hussein Statue Toppled in Iraq
MAY 1, 2003: Bush said : Mission Accomplished

4. 36 But 9 years later, With…. different countries involved in
We are still there.
With…. 36
different countries
involved in
Afghanistan.

5. We have more than : 27 690 International Troops + 78 400 U.S troops
Occupying Afghanistan
International Troops U.S troops

6. We Used
71,700 Private Security Contractors
Only 3000 are armed.

7. We have help from:
163,146 Afghan Army & Police

8. To kill an estimated:
x 3
30,000 Taliban
In 2010
In 2006

9. 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.

10. The estimated cost of the war in Iraq:
$60 billion
In 2003

11. 3 trillion dollars $3 000 000 000 000 Iraq + Afghanistan
Eventual predicted cost of the war today is ( all countries)
Iraq + Afghanistan
3 trillion dollars $

12. And it takes 
300 billion to lift 1 billion out of extreme poverty

13. 80-600 billion to send people to Mars.

14. 64 billion to eradicate Aids worldwide.
(Equal to 32 days of the war)

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

16. But Current wars still the
second
most expensive.
2008 figures

17. But lives are more important than money right?
US: 658
The world lost:
UK: 227
Can: 125
2009 figures

18. But compared to % of troops
Canada takes it the hardest at 5.1%
UK: 3.6 %
US: 2.5%

19. Number one killer:
Is rising.

20. Withdraw our troops?

21. While we Were There. And the dictatorship was destroyed.
Infrastructure has been developed at a furious rate.
Vaccination has increased.

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

23. In 2001, there were virtually no cell phones in Afghanistan.
Today, there are more than 8 million cell phone users across Afghanistan.

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

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