Since 2001 when the war began, there had been many casualties. According the article “U.S. military
casualties and the costs of war” on Journalistsresource.org, during the Iraq War, 4,475 U.S. service members
were killed and 32,220 were wounded; in Afghanistan, 2,165 have been killed and 18,230 wounded. As a result
of battle injuries in the Iraq War, 991 service members received wounds that required amputations; 797 lost
major limbs, such as a leg. In Afghanistan, 724 have had to undergo amputations, with 696 losing a major limb.
Not only soldiers were killed and injured, civilians and noncombatants were also caught in the chaos of
war. According to the article “Estimated cost of post 9/11 wars” on News.brown.edu, the wars in Afghanistan,
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The wars have also created more than 7.8 million refugees among Iraqis, Afghans, and Pakistanis.
Rather than ending terrorism, the War on Terror is hurting our own soldiers and innocent civilians.
People in any country should have the right to live a peaceful and joyful life, not trying to hide from bullets
everyday. Because of the war, citizens in those countries have to leave their home and find somewhere else
safer to live. As a result of our selfish and pointless revenge, those people are now homeless.
The war is not only harming innocent people, but it is also affecting our economy tremendously.
According to the article “U.S. military casualties and the costs of war” on Journalistsresource.org, as of 2012,
$813 billion had been spent on Iraq and $445 billion on Afghanistan. These numbers are undoubtedly going to
increase in the future. A Congressional Budget Office report estimates that by 2020 the price of treating Iraq
and Afghanistan veterans alone could be more than $8 billion annually. The financial crisis in 2008 were also
caused by the war on terror. Base on the article “America’s too-costly war machine” on Latimes.com,