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Although many seemed excited about the news, I felt mixed emotions towards it. Bin Laden is dead—now what?
As of Aug. 10, 2010, there have been over 19,629 causalities and 48,644 injuries in the War in Afghanistan since 2001 and millions of dollars have gone into the 10-year-hunt of one man—Bin Laden—and the cost of the war is continuously rising, as seen below, showing that even though we've captured public enemy number one, the effects of the effort is continuing to harm our nation.
We can jump for joy and celebrate the death of a man who did cause the death of thousands of innocent Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, but what's the use? What has changed since 10:30 p.m. last night? Do Americans truly feel any safer now that Bin Laden is deceased? I don't.
As of Aug. 10, 2010, there have been over 19,629 causalities and 48,644 injuries in the War in Afghanistan since 2001 and millions of dollars have gone into the 10-year-hunt of one man—Bin Laden—and the cost of the war is continuously rising, as seen below, showing that even though we've captured public enemy number one, the effects of the effort is continuing to harm our nation.
We can jump for joy and celebrate the death of a man who did cause the death of thousands of innocent Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, but what's the use? What has changed since 10:30 p.m. last night? Do Americans truly feel any safer now that Bin Laden is deceased? I don't.
Works Cited
Cost of War. "Cost of War in Afghanistan." National Priorities Project, 2011. Web. 2 May 2011.
Unknown News. "Casualities in Afghanistan." Unknownnews.com. Helen & Harry Highwater and the individual authors, 10 Aug. 2010. Web. 2 May 2011.
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