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Afghanistan war bleeding America with 4 billion per month

Afghanistan war bleeding America with 4 billion per month

KABUL – Afghanistan war bleeding America with $4 billion pet month, AnAmerican political and Iraq veteran Tulsi Gabbard has revealed.

She claimed that the cost of Afghanistan is $4 billion a month.

Gabbard, the U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s second Congressional districtmade the remarks during Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate.

She vowed complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan ifelected president, accusing President Trump of deceiving the Americanpeople in his pledge to quickly pull troops from Afghanistan.

“We were all lied to. This is the betrayal. … The problem is that thiscurrent president continues to betray us,” Gabbard was quoted as saying ina report by The Hill.

Gabbard further added that withdrawing from Afghanistan is “not aboutarbitrary deadlines, this is about leadership.”

“The leadership I will bring to do the right thing to bring our troops homewithin the first year in office. We have to do the right thing and end thewasteful regime change wars and bring our troops home,” she added.

She also said the cost of the Afghanistan war was $4 billion a month andclaimed the continued use of such dollars is the reason Americans havebecome disenchanted with politics.

“Every single month we are spending $4 billion on a continuing war inAfghanistan, $4 billion dollars every single month, rather than ending thatwar, bringing our troops home and using those precious resources intoserving the needs of the people here in this country.”

Gabbard is not the only Democratic presidential candidate to pledge towithdraw troops from Afghanistan quickly, according to The Hill.