The Afghanistan War

The war in Afghanistan which has become the longest war in American history has also become one of the most expensive war in history behind the war in Iraq, which justifies the idea that the United States is unable to manage their expenses and resources in times of war. The war which has lasted for thirteen years along with two years of soldiers still stationed in Afghanistan has caused America to invest a lot into the war against terror. The cost of the Afghanistan war alone has reached almost 1 trillion dollars and counting. The Money has been used for military defense, medical aid, reconstruction, and post war relief (PBS). All of these expenses are from tax payer’s dollars and money that was borrowed and comes with a hefty amount of interest, 124 billion dollars already paid (CNBC). A total of almost two trillion dollars was borrowed and was approximately 20% of the total United States debt (Global Research). During this war money was not being spent effectively, one example includes 6.5 million dollars on communication towers that were never used. For the reconstruction of Afghanistan approximately 104 billion dollars was used and a billions of dollars lost due to wasteful spending, fraud and corruption (MSNBC). Exact values cannot even be placed on where the money went exactly and how much was really lost because the costs were never detailed by the government and further exemplifies the idea that the United States is unable to manage their spending

For the past 13 years the United States has been involved in the Afghanistan war, and the reasons for the continuation of the Afghanistan war are very blurry. Not only are the reasons for the United States to fight the war blurry, but it seems the the cost vs. benefit of fighting the war do not equal. Only

American deaths was very effective to home life in the war. In the United States, about 405,400 civilians and soldiers died fighting for their country and their freedom (OI). It was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed,

Around 1,264,000 American soldiers have died in the nation's wars--620,000 in the Civil War and 644,000 in all other conflicts. It was only as recently as the Vietnam War that the amount of American deaths in foreign wars eclipsed the number who died in the Civil War.

According to the official statistics, an estimate of more than 58.000 Americans were dead in the struggle, another 153.303 U.S military personnel were wounded and around 2.500 were still named as missing in action. As for the Communist forces, the number of South Vietnamese battle deaths was placed at 195.000 – 430.000, along with the massacre of 50.000 – 65.000 North Vietnamese civilians. As illustrated by a further demographic study, between 200.000 and 300.000 Cambodians lost their life and merely 60.000 Laotians were executed to death (Sitikoff, n.d.). After the war, hundreds of thousands of children were left

The war in Afghanistan started in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks because of a terrorist group called Al- Qaeda, and its leader, Osama bin Laden, the one who planned the attacks. It was a very long and hard conflict that lasted approximately thirteen years. Canadian troops got involved for more than a decade fighting to make Afghanistan a better place for their citizens. The Canadian forces completed several key military operations, including “Medusa operation”, and more with the help of their allies before ending the conflict successfully on their own terms.

The day was Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. During the morning hours on this specific day, one of the deadliest attacks on human soil had occurred. On this day, over 3,000 innocent people had lost their lives when four planes had crashed; two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon, and one in Pennsylvania that was believed to be en route to the White House. After this attack, the citizens of the United States of America had lusted for revenge against those who were responsible for bringing so much destruction and tragedy among their nation. The 9/11 attacks were, essentially, the catalysts that propelled the United States of America into the Afghanistan War to fight the Taliban and other terrorist

Families have fathers and sons fighting in the war in Afghanistan. We as a country were determined to fight back against the terrorists and some people might not have agreed with that. We now have soldiers in afghanistan fighting and dying and we are dropping bombs on towns with innocent people in them. We are starting to look like the terrorists. Osama bin laden has been killed so what are we still fighting against. On June 3rd 2015 Adam Taylor from Washington post wrote an article that states, “War has directly resulted in the deaths of 149,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan between 2001 and 2014, according to estimates in a new report released by Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute. That figure includes U.S. military members, contractors, and opposition fighters as well as at least 26,270 civilians in Afghanistan, and 21,500 in Pakistan.” This shows how many people are still dying in the war. The lives of many United States loved ones have been lost in that war which has affected us

The Afghanistan War has brought many other historic events, including the defeat of the Taliban, and the killing of Osama bin Laden. The Afghanistan War has altered the lives of millions, including those in Afghanistan. The war brought a new government and rid the country of the corrupted government. However great these victories were, there were various drawbacks as a result of the war. The U.S. lost millions of lives and millions of dollars. The U.S. has been driven into debt but these aren’t the only consequences faced by the U.S. The United States has immensely been affected both socially and economically. The United States has suffered from the political consequences the Afghanistan War has brought.

Additionallly, many U.S. fighters died fighting for the U.S.. It said in the text according to U.S. department their were 4,442 total deaths their were also about 31,952 wounded

Afghanistan’s GDP is $20 billion ($590.30 per Capita), which equates to 111th in the world (bottom 5th percentile). In the US all individuals get an education no matter how old you are, or what your gender is; whereas in Afghanistan most women cannot attend school. Adult literacy in the US is close to 86%, and

Troops are constantly risking their lives for our protection. Each war kills thousands of soldiers, however the civil war and world war two killed more than any other wars combined. 1,084,938 American soldiers were either killed or missing in the civil war, 1,076,254 in world war two. Our own men have witnessed people dying, some in their own arms. America needs soldiers, but a captain with 6 years experience only makes $69,987.60.

More than 500,000 American, South Korea, and other United Nation troops were killed, captured or reported missing during the Korean war. North Korea and chinese military casualties have been estimated at nearly 1.6

This paper will be explaining the similarities, and differences, between the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan. There are many topics that bring these two wars together. However, I am only going to be talking about public support, policy objectives, military strategy, weapons, fighting spirit, links to home, and death totals. These topics have a lot of information about them, but there is too much to write about every little detail, so I will cover the broad overview of them. Each paragraph will be about one of the topics. There will also be a discussion about insurgencies and counter insurgency operations. These are two big topics in Vietnam and Afghanistan since almost all of the enemy in both wars were, and are, comprised of insurgents and different types of militia groups.

Ever since the beginning of the terrorist attacks on American soil, the War on Terror has been involved in the lives of Americans and nations near us. The War on Terror’s background originated through conflicts between warring countries in the Middle East; U.S. involvement started when a terrorist guided plane crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The attack was suspected to be the work of the middle-eastern terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The U.S. military, under the leadership of then commander-in-chief George W. Bush, declared a “War on Terror” on the terrorist group and the fighting began.