THE PROBLEM
We are at war with the Taliban. Over 6,000 US soldiers have died in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This violence could lead to more violence and cause a problem for the US. In the war there is a problem that civilians get caught up in the middle. 3,500 civilians were believed to be killed by a US bombing in 2001. What if we lost the war, what would happen? Would the fighting maybe come to the US. The cost of the war is very high and is putting the government low on money.
There was no question that there was going to be some sort of retaliation and response from the United States. One could not have expected them seriously to refrain from wanting to take revenge. Yet the fear was in what form this revenge would be and how it would be carried out as well as what the impact on ordinary Afghans would be, who have already suffered at the hands of the Taliban and outside forces for years.
There was no question that there was going to be some sort of retaliation and response from the United States. One could not have expected them seriously to refrain from wanting to take revenge. Yet the fear was in what form this revenge would be and how it would be carried out as well as what the impact on ordinary Afghans would be, who have already suffered at the hands of the Taliban and outside forces for years.