The Iraqi War

The war on Iraq was declared on March 20^th, 2003. The war has begun because of the 9/11 attack that happened on September 11^th, 2001. Ever since March, American troops were flown from the United States to catch the ones responsible for the deaths and injuries of thousands. After seven years, the only person that we were able to catch was Osama Bin Laden. There were many groups involved in the bombing, but the main one was Al-Qaeda, with Bin Laden in charge. Since then, we could not find anyone else involved. The question is if that we should leave our troops in Iraq for a longer period, or should we pull them out of there. If we stay, we will lose more troops and more money without accomplishing anything. If we pull our troops out, it will seem like we just sent troops for nothing. So which one seems more reasonable? Which one seems like a safer way? Which one would make it better for everyone around? We should pull out our troops from Iraq because it is horrible knowing that our soldiers have to sit in a foreign country, accomplishing almost nothing. We are losing a lot of men fast, and it is hard to replenish them. I mean, we cannot just get random guys from the street, give them a gun, and drop them off in the heat of battle in Iraq. They have to be trained, which takes money, fed, which takes money, sheltered, which takes money, and geared up, which takes money. Monthly, United States spends around 7.3 BILLION dollars on the War in Iraq. Multiplying that by eighty-four will give you the money we have spent in seven years, give or take three or four billion dollars. All those things are not for free, and we cannot afford anymore losses. If we pull our troops out right now, we might be able to save thousands of lives that would have been lost if we did not give up. So far, we have had more than 5,000 deaths and more than 30,000 wounded soldiers in Iraq. If we keep on fighting and sending in troops, there will be way more casualties then there already is. Even if we keep on sending in troops, we have to think of the casualties that are happening to the opposite side. Just last year, the estimated amount of civilian casualties is between 50,000 to 100,000. Some estimates even go beyond that, stating the numbers as high as 600,000. It is bad for both sides to keep on fighting. The 9/11 incident was nine years ago. Everyone understands that it was a complete disaster, but it is history. We should not fight over something that has happened nine years ago. It is bad for us because we waste all men that have families, friends, wives, children. We also kill men that have all that. We are shooting at people who might have been in a happy marriage for over fifteen years. They may not want to be in this fight, but they were ripped away from their families, given a gun, and made to shoot at the American troops. The war in Iraq might go on, but the losses we have suffered are way too great to forget about.

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