By Jerry and Ishu Did You Know?

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

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

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

We have more than : 27 690 International Troops + 78 400 U.S troops 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: x 3 30,000 Taliban In 2010 In 2006

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

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? US: 658 The world lost: UK: 227 Can: 125 2009 figures

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. And the dictatorship was destroyed. Infrastructure has been developed at a furious rate. Vaccination has increased.

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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