When the End of War is the Beginning of War
In this editorial written by New York Time's Alan Cowell, he reflects on the wars that the United States have been involved in and ponders the question: Is it really worth it. He brings out good points such as: if the purpose of the Afghanistan war was to prevent the resurgence of the Taliban and that didn't happen but instead the conflict has spread to Syria, is it right for us to keep sending out countless soldiers to die for a nation that keeps changing it motives. Although the troops are said to be pulled out by the end of 2014, the amount of casualties this war has caused has been unimaginable. Cowell also shares how sometimes the truth is war's first casualty. This article, although, biased to the side that war is sometimes unnecessary, I feel brings up some interesting and valid points. Is it really worth sending out countless numbers of soldiers to just die, when in fact the war itself may not even be necessary and when the perpetrator themselves can't even come to terms with the fact that war is not always the option?
Cowell, Alan. “When the End of War Is the Beginning of War.”
New York Times. Nytimes.com. March 20, 2014. Web. 22 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/world/europe/when-the-end-of-war-is-the-beginning-of-war.html?ref=world&_r=0>
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