The effects that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have on military families and communities is an extremely controversial issue that challenges whether these wars overseas are worth the destruction that they bring back home on the home front.
Some may say that the money military families receive when their loved one is deployed is an adequate compromise for the other suffering they may deal with during their mother, father, brother sister, or any other family member’s deployment.
This issue with military families is definitely not a new one and has been around ever since our nation has involved ourselves with war. Yes, I could say ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could solve the issues because soldiers will be back here on American soil; however, the government and other nations will have problems with our withdrawal. Every war in the past has led to another war. For example, the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution. The Spanish-American War led to World War I; World War I led to World War II; and so on.
(The links below show how each war has led to yet another war in the future.)
http://www.ww2pacific.com/ww1end.html
http://www.helium.com/items/598300-the-french-and-indian-war-prelude-to-the-american-revolution
http://www.progress.org/fold37.htm
Yes, we could end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan now; but our withdrawal would ultimately lead to yet another war and the cycle will continue. While my solution to this polarized issue is rather huge and likely impossible, I strongly believe that if our nation only needed a military for domestic issues and HELPING, emphasis on HELPING, other nations, and wars were no longer necessary, then we could potentially end many of the issues with military families.
While world peace is an answer that is typically heard only in beauty pageants, I strongly believe that this is the only way that our issue with military families will ever cease.
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Your feelings and devotion towards the topic cause me to understand how strongly you feel about human suffering. The loss of a loved one due to a militaristic engagement is very difficult for all, and especially frustrating if one does not believe in the war. In this why I find your blog quite heartfelt. However, I think that it is important for you to think about our position in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, I understand that you think we should have never entered either situation, but that decision is in the past and cannot be changed. You can have the opinion that we should cut our losses and leave both engagements, but what do you think this would do to the people of the countries? Do you think there would be more suffering than there is now, and wouldn't the suffering that American families have done be for nothing? I also think that it is important to look at the men and women who are part of our military. I hope that they considered the sacrifices that their families would have to make when they decided to join the military. With these things in mind, do you think that military families knew the sacrifices that they would have to make and they realized that the protection of our country was more important, so they are alright with their sacrifices?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the insight, Ultramega. When analyzing my particular viewpoint on whether if we did not enter the war would we be dealing with suffering, I still believe that we would be suffereing, but not as much. A majority of the negatives that are present stem from the effects of us entering the war. The many negative effects that I mention within my blog were not here before wartime.
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