Quote (TCassa89 @ Oct 11 2014 05:33pm)
We have indeed killed over 100,000 people, in total more than 200,000 have died from the war on terror, but regardless of how you try to spin it.. it has been 13 years and terrorism has not gone down, it has multiplied.
If we chose to maintain the war that long, the next 13 years wouldn't be any different from the first 13 years. Extending the war for decades to come will only multiply terrorism for decades to come
Nah, that's incorrect. Islamic terrorism stems from Muslimism, instability, and poverty. Helping countries develop secular democracies will eliminate the first two and likely the third.
https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/If you look at "US-Led coalition including iraq state forces" you'll see that the total number is WELL below 20K.
http://costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civiliansI'm not even going to bother splitting up the blame on Afghanistan since it's only 21K civilians.
There are other countries involved (Yemen etc.) but those numbers should all be much smaller than Iraq.
This is a long term effort and we constantly have to be evaluating cost/benefit to see what works and what doesn't. Cultural change takes DECADES. Hell, we're still feeling the effects of WW2 today. I'm not saying you shouldn't be critical, I'm simply saying that you need to be patient.