US Pays $400 Per Gallon For Gas in Afghanistan


	US Pays $400 Per Gallon For Gas in Afghanistan

chestnut501

10-16-2009 1:31 PM

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10-16-2009 1:48 PM

mcsmithblack

Ya know, it is really time for the U.S. to get off the war wagon, like, way past time.

10-16-2009 2:23 PM

xpersianx

That's why they like Iran !!! If they come here they have to pay just 30 cents for each gallon !

10-16-2009 5:44 PM

jalli87583

We should have fired these Generals along time ago. At that price they could have built an underground pipeline. These guys are no more than liasons between the Congress and the Military Industrial Complex.

10-16-2009 6:10 PM

arifsali

WTF

10-25-2009 5:35 AM

Kreuzberg-Jakob

Isn't Halliburton the supplier?
ROTFL

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