Never Ending Wars

This seem like a plot I have seen before. Yes a book and a movie.

CNN reports: “The Pentagon opened the door to the possibility of sending more American troops to Iraq as part of a newly expanded NATO training mission to support Iraqi forces and ensure that ISIS does not rise again.”

So here we go again sending troops into Iraq and Afghanistan. The argument is we need to ensure ISIS and the Taliban don’t overwhelm those countries. The arguments goes ISIS and the Taliban could launch attacks on the United States. They could be worse than 9-11. In 2003 US-led forces invaded Iraq to overthrow President Saddam Hussein and eliminate weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist. We apparently still have troops stationed there.

The number of troops in Afghanistan is at least 2,500. The United States military has been engaged in Afghanistan since shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

When will we say “Enough is enough?” How many American lives and how much noney should we spend on this endeavor?

In Orson Wells’ “1984” there is a subplot of the never ending war with Eastasia in a war against Eurasia. The wars the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan seems very similar.