Slashdot Politics Story | WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets

A point I've argued in the past -- why are we fighting and dying when we can simply buy them...?

"According to the CIA World Fact Book:

* Population: 29,121,286
* GDP (Per capita:) $800 (2009 est.)

So now, expenditure over six years (Jan 2004 - Dec 2009) is $300,000,000,000.00 divided by six is around $50,000,000,000.00 per year

Per capita is $1,716.96 or more than double the GDP per capita of the country!

I would think that the US would get better resultsif the money was simply given to each inhabitant, the $800 they already make plus $1,700 from the US, would triple the GDP per capita, no small feat."

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