Sarah Creech
10/27/09
6:37
October 2009 has been the deadliest month for American soldiers, in the war in Afghanistan, thus far. The article states that road side bombs are currently the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers. Eight more American soldiers died on Tuesday because of this reason. Because the war has recently become even more deadly there has have been more and more people debating if the conflict is actually worth the loss of these men. Obama is now debating about whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan. The casualties for the month of October have now reached 55, with many more being injured. These eight deaths came one day after 11 American soldiers were killed in separate helicopter crashes.
The loss of these soldiers is so sad for everyone but especially for the families of the victims. I feel like America is in such a predicament right now, that I’m not even sure how I feel about the whole thing. I think it is probably best if we stick this war out. After all we have come this far and invested so much time and money. I feel like if we pull out now, so many soldiers will have died in vain. It is such a complicated issue though because on the other hand, I of course don’t want to see any more American lives lost. In the end I’m glad that I am not the one who has to make the judgment call. I’m not sure what should be done, but the fact that there is a growing number of lives lost each month tells me that something needs to change.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/october-deadliest-month-for-175084.html
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