President Trump is reportedly considering sending 10,000 U.S. troops to the southern border to stop the overwhelming invasion of illegal aliens coming into the country, according to CBS.
Such a decision would signal the largest domestic troop deployment since the Los Angeles riots over 30 years ago, which prompted President George H. W. Bush to invoke the Insurrection Act to stop the carnage unfolding on the streets.
This was preceeded by the cartel shooting US citizens hiking across the border.
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Costs were immense. Tens of thousands of people—including more than 2,450 U.S. servicemembers—were killed. Many more were injured, among them more than 20,700 U.S. servicemembers.
From 2002 through mid-2021, the United States Congress appropriated approximately $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction—far more than it spent on the post World-War-II Marshall Plan in inflation adjusted terms. The mission promised to bring stability and democracy to Afghanistan, yet ultimately delivered neither.
https://www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/Files/Reports/sigar-final-report.pdf
