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What does it cost to run a modern war these days? These figures have just been downloaded from a top secret CIA source deep within a bourbon bottle.
| LANDING BUDGET U.S. |
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| General Dynamics hovercraft beach landing vehicle |
$9 million |
| M1A1 tanks, 6 per hovercraft @ $500,000 each |
$3 million |
| Prelanding beach clearing systems/ancillaries |
$8 million |
| Assorted hardware, trucks, ordinance, food, medical supplies per hovercraft |
$2 million |
Total cost of one landing by one hovercraft
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$22,000,000 |
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| LANDING DEFENCES TALIBAN |
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| One bag of rocks |
Free |
| Cost of bag (stolen from US aid drop) |
Free |
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| TRAINING & EQUIPMENT U.S. |
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| Average cost per man of training Special Forces soldier |
$1 million |
| Cost to equip one Spec Forces op for field including uniform, helmet, gas gear, weapons, ammo,boots, pack, food etc per day |
$120,000 |
| Back up for one man per day including kitchen, field hospitals, motor pool, ordinance depot, administration, HQ mail, etc. |
$100,000 |
| Extra weapons such as SAMS, anti-tank rifles, satcoms etc. |
$400,000 |
| Total per man |
$1,620,000 |
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| TRAINING & EQUIPMENT ...TALIBAN |
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| Clothes you wear everyday anyway |
$1.50 |
30 year old AK 47
(Supplied free with every 12 month subscription to Religious Fanatic and Donkey Fucker Gazette) |
Free |
| Donkey ( handed down from Uncle Habib) |
Free |
Hat that looks like a flattened apple pie
(St.vincent de Paul) |
Free |
Back up such as sandals, extra dust, goat skin water containers
(From Talibans are Us) |
$3.20 |
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| Quality of Mercy...strained |
$10 a body bag |
| Quality of Mercy ...not strained |
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| Women & children |
$200 each |
| if any footage goes to air |
$400 |
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Solution to starving refugee problem:
Baste Kim Beazley in a spicy sauce and air drop him along with firewood, a rotisserie and a thousand pairs of knives and forks . (Serviettes optional).
Remember to stamp him HALAL. |
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