Thursday, October 1, 2009
War in Iraq and Afghanistan
The current war in Iraq and Afghanistan has costed a lot of money, and lives, but i dont know how far into the acutal Americans everyday lives it should take affect. I for sure don't think the draft should start up again. It was ended because after Vietnam its popularity grealty died. We lost a lot of lives, and people didn't like this, therefore they reacted and the draft ended. I can't even come up with a reasonable answer as to why we are still fighting this war, because at this point it seems the main focus/goal of the war has faded. I do believe we can help the middle eastners, but i feel that we have invaded their lives too much. I don't think Americans should have to do a whole lot to contribute to the war because there are a lot against the war in the first place, and i feel that if the people were asked to do more, the government would be less popular, and Obama's already low ratings would contiue to decrease. Also considering the economic crisis, I feel like the American people don't have a whole lot to offer in the first place. A lot are worried about thier own families and how they are going to feed them, and I don't believe the American people want a war on thier shoulders as well.
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You raise a really interesting point at the beginning. I'm sure a lot of people are in your same boat: they know we are at war (and have been for a long time) but they are hard pressed to explain why. That's part of the rationale for bringing the draft back. Could members of Congress continue an unpopular war if their constituents were being drafted into it? Probably not as easily. This is the first war that Americans have fought without higher taxes as well. Again--it makes it really easy to continue to fight because every day Americans are not closely connected to the war itself. It's worth considering the difference between this war and World War I where the entire society was mobilized to fight.
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