NATO to pull $30B worth of gear from Afghanistan

[dipsydoodle]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO says it is planning the logistics for withdrawing $30 billion worth of military equipment and gear from Afghanistan when alliance troops leave the country.

A senior NATO official said on Tuesday the coalition's state-of-the-art gear has to be taken out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, when American and other NATO troops are to end their combat mission.

He says the operation to remove thousands of armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and vast quantities of other equipment accumulated over the 10-year war will start soon.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the planning is still in its initial stages.

Associated Press : http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN_NATO?SITE=WDUN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-03-06-57-05

[jberryhill]

1. Always label each box with what room it goes in

Even if you know where everything goes, it's easier for the movers (or your friend with a pickup truck) to unload it without having to ask you where everything goes.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Or just stamp it "Iran."

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. $20 billion in herion and the rest in gear

Anyway joke aside, I wonder how much it will cost to move all this 'gear'.. the sooner nato leaves the better and at least this is a start.

[joshcryer]

4. Not if we vote in a Republican.

[Sancho]

5. Maybe we'll pay Haliburton $50B to ship out the 30B in equipment...

and pay off Pakistan $40B to let the trucks through...and then spend $20B to mothball the stuff in the dessert...and then spend $100B to buy replacement stuff...etc...

[madrchsod]

6. my dad`s trucking company did something like that....

the contract was for each item not the weight. so they would load one machine on a truck a deliver it 500 miles. it took a year to finally move all the stuff in the factory to it`s new location.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Fuel Costs....$400 a gallon to Nato now

so add that to the 'gear' price move.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63407-400gallon-gas-another-cost-of-war-in-afghanistan-

[KansDem]

8. Where's it headed? The nearest "old drive-in movie turned into flea market?"

Maybe we could recoup some of the geld that went into this clusterfolly...

[FarCenter]

9. Too heavy to airlift, can't drive out via Pakistan, don't have agreements to send by rail via Russia

They're screwed with respect to getting heavy vehicles (e.g. MRAPS) and armor out.

[JDPriestly]

10. After WWII, some of the military equipment (probably NAZI) was just left

sitting where it was. Kids played in it, had a great time pretending to be driving, etc. (Prepares the young for their own wars, you know.) That is what happens in countries in which wars are fought and lost.