Multiple Choice poll attached.
The Afghanistan war is likely ending. One longtime correspondent asks: Was it worth it?
Witness to a War
I started covering Afghanistan in 2004. Ever since, I’ve seen the U.S. war effort in all its complications. I’m still trying to figure out if it was worth the sacrifices and costs.
Kevin Maurer September 9, 2019
For this trip, my first since 2016, I wanted to see whether the new strategy to conclude the war felt different from previous attempts. But another question was looming too, one that was only growing more haunting with the signals that the war was, at last, coming to an end: Was it all worth it? The conflict had left 2,400 U.S. service members dead and more than 20,000 wounded; more than 145,000 people in all, including Afghan military, police and civilians, have died, according to a 2018 report from Brown University’s Costs of War Project; America has spent $737 billion on the war. Had all this death and maiming and money been justified by the results?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...s-it-worth-it/
Related
2003: Washington Post ran 27 editorials in favor of Iraq invasion
Site Information
About Us
- RonPaulForums.com is an independent grassroots outfit not officially connected to Ron Paul but dedicated to his mission. For more information see our Mission Statement.
Connect With Us