Since the 2001 invasion, 2,158 American
troops have been killed, 294 this year alone. Over 18,000 soldiers
have been wounded, many with permanent injuries. Thousands of combat
veterans are suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
traumatic brain injury (TBI).
A Newsweek article published in 2006
reported that, “The intelligence community generally agrees that
the number of true A-list Al Qaeda operatives out there around the
time of 9/11 was no more than about 1,000, perhaps as few as 500,
most in and around Afghanistan.”
Although most of those directly
responsible for 9/11 have either been captured or killed during the
11-plus-year war, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Osama bin
Laden, and numerous Al Qaeda members have also been killed, much of
this lost membership has been replenished by new recruits, and has
spread internationally. A Wall Street Journal article published last
year revealed that as of September 2011, Al Qaeda’s numbers were
between 200 and 1000.
So 2,158 Americans killed and 18,000
wounded and the number of Al Qaeda members has remained at 1,000.
Why did all those young men have to die? What was accomplished in
the longest war in American history? WHAT A WASTE! Why are we
still in Afghanistan and what are we accomplishing?
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