Ok, this is not about Iraq per so but about Afghanistan. TelePolis writes about German soldiers in Afghanistan and at the very end of the article some interesting numbers:
So investierte die Europäische Kommission nach Angaben des Entwicklungsministeriums 2002 rund 275 Millionen Euro humanitäre- und Aufbauhilfe für Afghanistan. Der deutsche Anteil lag bei 63 Millionen Euro. Der Einsatz der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan kostete allein im vergangenen Jahr 310 Millionen Euro. Gebracht hat er wenig. ¹
So the EU invested EUR 275M in 2002, of these, Germany paid EUR 65M. The cost for the military expedition? EUR 310M. And what did we get for these 310M? Maybe investing in economy, education, institutions, and mediation would have been a better investment.
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