Many people, myself included, feel that the Iraq war was a distraction from our efforts in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban and establish security in that region. If we withdraw from Iraq in the future and therefore no longer pay the upfront $12 billion a month costs, we still will be faced with that $3 trillion massive total debt accrued. Considering the current war was financed with money we didn't really have, and the necessity of tax rises and spending cuts to deal with the costs of the Iraq war, is it really possible that resources in the form of money or additional troops would be freed up to help with the situation in Afghanistan? At this point, can we really afford to be fighting any wars? Americans can't grasp the incredible cost of this War of Choice. With no DRAFT, most Americans read a few headlines and go about their daily lives with little understanding of how they are being impacted on a daily basis and will be for years and generations to come.
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Title: War
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