How The US Should Have Spent The Afghanistan War Budget

If you’ve turned on the news in the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen plenty of coverage of the disastrous situation in Afghanistan. Two decades and over two trillion dollars later, what does the US - or Afghanistan - have to show for our brutal and prolonged occupation? How could that money have been better spent?

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Citations and Further Reading:

Mainstream Coverage

Washington Post Coverage: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

Al Jazeera Coverage: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/16/the-us-spent-2-trillion-in-afghanistan-and-for-what

Forbes Coverage: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2021/08/16/the-war-in-afghanistan-cost-america-300-million-per-day-for-20-years-with-big-bills-yet-to-come/?sh=4f67928b7f8d

China’s High Speed Rail: https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/sectors/why-china-can-build-high-speed-rail34socheaply7365/
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/high-speed-rail-in-china/

US Interstate System:
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a14499092/fast-facts-the-47000-plus-mile-us-interstate-system-feature/

CBO Report: https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2020-12/56811-Single-Payer.pdf
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