American Casualties And Losses Inside Afghanistan From The American Perspective
30 November 2014
By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun
In 18th century,
Thomas Cane an eminent English writer, who was famous
for his sound predictions in the west, had said once
about America, 'The mighty will endure until it has
not committed the mistake to suck the blood of a
weak.'
If we peer into
the history, one can say that the decline of
non-Muslim super powers began when they girded up
their loin for cruelty and tyranny. An interestingly
common phenomenon is that most of these tyrant powers
were defeated by the weakest nations of the history.
The examples are in abundance in the earlier and
Middle Ages of Islamic history in which numerous big
powers of the world were defeated.
It seems that the
invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and successive
attacks on weak Muslim masses far and wide is drawing
America and her western allies towards their natural
decline as every tide hath a fall. Americans are proud
of their military force and abundance of resources
which make them the sole super power of the world. The
inference is that if these two assets are damaged or
demolished, naturally she (America) can be and will be
defeated.
In the following
lines those casualties and losses are estimated and
evaluated which are suffered by the American invaders
both in Afghanistan and Iraq and which are confirmed
by the American independent sources as well.
In October 2001,
America launched her invasion of Afghanistan while
enjoying the support of several other powerful
countries. They were well-equipped with modern
weaponry. They were financially well-off and their
military forces were fully trained. On the basis of
these factors, in the beginning, they had made up
their mind that this war will end in a shortest
possible time and their losses will be limited. At
that time, even the western analysts had the opinion
that if the war is prolonged, it will inevitably
result in an embarrassing defeat for America as their
casualties and financial losses will escalate to a
back-breaking level. The present scenario shows that
their previous estimations were totally wrong as the
war has been prolonged contrary to their anticipations
which resulted in innumerable casualties and
immeasurable financial losses for them.
There are two
different types of statistics available regarding the
corporeal and financial losses of America; the one
which is officially released by the American military
and other state organs and the other is published by
those American civic societies which were against
these wars for various sound reasons. Their statistics
and calculations are totally different than those
released by the army or state officials.
For example, the
total number of American soldiers who were killed
inside Afghanistan and Iraq is 7698 persons according
to the Pentagon but a private organ comprising of
retired military personnel say that the total number
of their soldiers killed is 72600. Similarly,
according to Pentagon the number of wounded soldiers
is 41030 but a private organ called 'Anti-War' (having
a website with this title) counts the number of
wounded soldiers as 100,000. According to the above
mentioned organ of retired army personnel, the number
of wounded soldiers is much higher than this and
reaches to around 600,000. Their argument is that
according to the American military law, the
expenditures on wounded soldiers who are brought back
to America for treatment is separated from the budget
allocated for the retired soldiers. On this basis,
they say that 600,000 soldiers have received medical
treatment inside America only, not counting soldiers
who were treated inside the battle field or shifted to
the hospitals build for this purpose inside
Afghanistan.
The American
Congress has assigned an organ for the co-ordination
of financial costs to examine the military and
civilian expenditures. It is said that this organ is
very precise and careful in its assigned duty to the
extent that it records and compares the revenue and
expenditures of the American government and the whole
nation on the hourly basis. For example this organ
says that from 2001 onward the American government has
been spending $10.54 million per hour in which 80% is
spent on wars. This entire amount is balanced from the
taxes and custom duties which are paid by the American
nation to the government. It means that for the last
fourteen years the American government has been
spending $10.54 million per hour from those taxes and
custom duties paid by their people. If this amount is
added and multiplied, it might be one of the highest
and back breaking costs of war in the human history.
The financial
research institute of congress says that from 11th
September 2001 till 2010, $ 3.291 trillion are
allocated to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This
amount was confirmed by a French newspaper 'Le Figaro'
too. On 10th April 2008, this newspaper published the
summery of a book under the title of 'The true losses
of war' in which all the above mentioned digits and
sources are considered authentic.Abdul Munim, the head
of research section of the 'Al-Arab News' writes that
on the basis of those statistics and sources which are
received from various American orga
nizations, 600,000
items of military hardware is completely destroyed
till now inside Afghanistan and Iraq and more than one
million of their soldiers are either killed, wounded,
crippled or suffering from psychological disorders.
The weekly 'Al-Kifah'
published a detailed report quoting 'James Mick
Gifforn' that America has lost $246 million on the
daily basis in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. This
report added that the death toll of American soldiers,
diplomats, their civilian contractors and workers etc.
has reached more than 10,000 persons. This report was
published in 2007. It means that in the following
years, the amount of losses and casualties can be
estimated to have doubled.
According to the
Central American bank, the amount of loan demanded by
the American government from the total amount of
national budget was $16 billion before the wars which
has now increased to $ 1700 billion. In this way it
has caused a deficit of $ 2.65 billion to the national
budget. From 2008 onward, the salaries of seven
million retired officials have either been blocked or
not paid. It is said that America is printing currency
notes worth of $85 billion on the monthly basis which
can inevitably undermine their economy. In the near
future, America has to pay the following amounts of
debts:
Japan = $ 586
billion
China = $ 400
billion
Britain = $ 244
billion
Saudi Arabia and
other oil producing countries = $ 124 billion
A survey conducted
by twenty top level American analysts says that on one
hand the exact number of American soldiers and
civilians killed in these futile wars is still
ambiguous as they do not trust the numbers provided by
Pentagon while on the other hand, America has lost
trillions of dollars. A member of this group, senator
Bob Corker, a republican congressman, says that
nineteen 'Al-Qaida' members carried out the 9/11
attacks by spending nearly 400 or 500 thousand dollars
and killed 3000 plus people. They might have caused a
financial loss of 700 to 1000 billion dollars. But
after that, when the war was waged against Al-Qaida
inside Afghanistan and Iraq, we have suffered
financial losses and casualties four times than we had
on 9/11.
Another American
institute describes the statistics of the American
financial losses in the shape of the following tables
which depict the huge amount of money of the American
ordinary tax payers and then spent by the government
in these futile wars.
To summarize in
the wake of this illegal and immoral invasion, in
addition to 3000 dead and over $10,000 billion of
financial losses, America has achieved the following:
1.One million
soldiers dead, wounded, crippled or suffering from
various psychological disorders.
2.More than six
hundred thousand crucial military items destroyed.
3.The expenditures
of war exceeded $ 3.291 trillion.
4.The amount of
loan soared from 16 billion dollars to 1700 billion
dollars.
5.The wages of
seven million retired military and civilian officials
have been pending since 2008.
6.The illegal
invasion and futile war is incessant without any
predictable specific ending.
7.Both casualties
and financial losses of the foreign American and her
allied invaders are escalating on a daily basis which
will eventually result in a shocking and humiliating
defeat for all of them.