The Pros And Cons Of The Afghanistan War
There are always people that are against something like politics, religion, and other stuff, but the biggest one that almost everyone has an opinion about is war. It all started on September 11, 2001 when planes hit the twin towers in New York then the Pentagon, then the plane attended for the white house went down in a field. Then began the longest war the U.S. has been involved in the Afghanistan War. Supporters of the war might say they are fighting terrorists who committed these acts, Opponents might say “no war costs to much money and cost the lives of too many young men and women.”
First, after FDNY companies and international task forces were working at ground zero President Bush made his famous bullhorn speech . George W. Bush said …show more content…
A lot of servicemen and women have died, it costs to much money basic anti-war stuff . At first civilians were happy remember when i mentioned “ fog of war “ well muslim civilians got killed from our airstrikes which results in a bunch of ticked off muslim village members start to hate you. For example, recently At least 11 Afghan civilians including women and children have been killed and 16 injured in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar, local security officials have told the BBC. Then, Last year the president banned foreign airstrikes in residential areas after civilians were mistakenly killed in a night raid. Starting from 2001 to 2015 over 2,364 U.S. been killed by either Friendly Fire, IED hits, and non combat reasons. The United kingdom had 453 KIA followed by other countries totaling 679 KIA , unfortunately bring the actual total too 3,496 people. We have spent over or obligated 4.4 trillion dollars in the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq then there are things like Veterans Care, increases in Homeland and Military budgets and other war related …show more content…
He had little time for Afghans, and in April 1880 wrote that "an Afghan is so natural a liar that no one thinks of believing them, and among themselves they are never weak enough to put any trust one in the other, and in this they are quite wise as a more treacherous set of lying beings do not, I suppose, exist on the face of the world." In April [2013], the New York Times Reported that, "For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president—courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]. All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the CIA to the office of President Hamid Karzai.... An American official said, 'The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan [is] the United
First, after FDNY companies and international task forces were working at ground zero President Bush made his famous bullhorn speech . George W. Bush said …show more content…
A lot of servicemen and women have died, it costs to much money basic anti-war stuff . At first civilians were happy remember when i mentioned “ fog of war “ well muslim civilians got killed from our airstrikes which results in a bunch of ticked off muslim village members start to hate you. For example, recently At least 11 Afghan civilians including women and children have been killed and 16 injured in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar, local security officials have told the BBC. Then, Last year the president banned foreign airstrikes in residential areas after civilians were mistakenly killed in a night raid. Starting from 2001 to 2015 over 2,364 U.S. been killed by either Friendly Fire, IED hits, and non combat reasons. The United kingdom had 453 KIA followed by other countries totaling 679 KIA , unfortunately bring the actual total too 3,496 people. We have spent over or obligated 4.4 trillion dollars in the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq then there are things like Veterans Care, increases in Homeland and Military budgets and other war related …show more content…
He had little time for Afghans, and in April 1880 wrote that "an Afghan is so natural a liar that no one thinks of believing them, and among themselves they are never weak enough to put any trust one in the other, and in this they are quite wise as a more treacherous set of lying beings do not, I suppose, exist on the face of the world." In April [2013], the New York Times Reported that, "For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president—courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]. All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the CIA to the office of President Hamid Karzai.... An American official said, 'The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan [is] the United