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== =The Wars= The wars of Oh's that America has been involved with began on 9/11 when Al-Queda attacked on American soil. This launched the U.S. into the war in Afghanistan and two years later we invaded Iraq as well. Now the war Iraq as a combat mission is over and the remaining troops are there to help the Iraqis become more effective in running their own country. The number of soldiers that died during the Iraq war is 4,416, a relatively low number of deaths for a seven year war considering that an estimated 3,000 died at Gettysburg, one battle out of an entire Civil War, and about 60,000 men died in Vietnam. However the war drew great protest from American citizens. Some thought that we were there to fight for oil and others criticise George W. Bush because we entered the war with the intell that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and in seven years no WMD's were found. However, in Bush's defense we were already in a war against terror in Afghanistan and terrorists were known to be in Iraq as well. President Bush was only trying to protect his country. What would people be saying if we had never gone to Iraq and it turned that there really were WMD's there, and we had to find out for sure by one being launched at America?

Afghanistan for a time became known as the forgoten war. This is largely due to all of the hype concerning the war in Iraq. So far about 1,200 U.S. soldiers have died in Afghanistan. In the nine years that the war has been going on I have heard of no protests to The War in Afghanistan, as there have been on The War in Iraq. This is most likely because we as Americans feel very justified in occupying Afghanistan. I don't think that anyone that was old enough to remember 9/11 will ever forget it, or ever question or oppose The War in Afghanistan.

There have been many conflicts across the globe over the past decade besides The War on Terror that the United States and its allies have been fighting during the past decade. For example: Russia invaded Georgia, Catholics and Protestants continue to clash in Ireland, and Israel is still dealing with violence over the dispute over holy grounds.

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