re:"The same way that they are feeding and supplying 140,000 troops in Iraq." - Dipy in answering this question: "Forgive me if I had asked this before, but how is the United States suppose to feed and supply 140,000 troops in Afghanistan?"
Dipy, I don't know if you've looked at a map, but Afghanistan does not have a seaport. Most of the heavy military equipment (that wasn't already in place) was probably brought to Iraq by sea. The nearest seaport is over 1100km away from Afghanistan. Iraq, has a port. Further, Afghanistan has roughly 1500 miles of paved roads (10 airports with paved runways, 3 over 3047M in length), Iraq almost 30,000 miles of paved highways (77 airports with paved runways, 21 over 3047M in length). Once again, how would the United States supply 140,000 troops in Afghanistan? |
