The price of the Liberal-Conservative "war" - $11.3-billion & ticking

PANJWAII DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN —

The direct cost of Canada's 10-year involvement in Afghanistan is estimated to be $11.3-billion, the federal government has quietly revealed.

It is the first complete fiscal accounting of the mission, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper last year suggested would run in the neighbourhood of $8-billion by the time the combat mission ends in 2011.

TIME TO RECAP THE REAL REASONS WE ARE IN AFGHANISTAN

REMEMBER, the real reason NATO invaded this country was to establish a secure route for a gas pipeline from the Caspian sea to seaports in India. Just like Iraq, all other reasons are pretexts and smokescreens. This is what is known an USA national interests.

WHO GOT US THERE

• Liberals, followed by Conservatives who now form a Conservative-Liberal coalition Govt

WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE OR COULD DO WITH ALL THAT MONEY

Imagine how much further ahead we'd be if we had put this money into reducing our dependence on imported energy. So, instead of, for example building a high speed rail link between Windsor and Quebec or retrofitting the country's old housing with better insulation or investing in Canadian built wind or solar power, for all that money we get nothing.

HOW DO WE LOWER THE DEFICIT?

• Get out of Afghanistan

HOW DO WE GET THE MONEY TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET DURING THIS ECONOMIC DEPRESSION?

• Get out of Afghanistan

HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THERE?

Simple - support & vote NDP - there is no alternative

War is costly, peace is priceless!