Now, now, Linc, would you deny them fuel?

http://www.nationald...aGallonofGas.aspx

[...]

"The Army estimated fuel can cost up to $400 a gallon if the only way to ship it is via helicopters."


http://online.wsj.co...613427403928.html

"This particular launch was successful: a total of 36 bundles reached the drop zone.

But two parachutes did not fully open, and pallets stacked with barrels of fuel slammed into the ground, lost or badly damaged—"burned in," as crews say.

"That's the cost of doing business," said Lt. Col. Bill Willson, the squadron's commander."



It's the cost of business! (Not war, business.)