Implications Post

After partaking in this blogging project about the effects that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have on military families and communities and after an intense analysis of the problem, I can foresee many negative problems to arise if we leave this issue unresolved.

The basic issue at hand is exactly what will happen to military families and communities if we allow our soldiers to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan and ignore the issues that have arisen at home.
The biggest question that has arisen is whether we are we supposed to focus on the wars overseas and ignore our citizen’s cry for help back on the home front? We have to analyze whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are worth the destruction that is present back on the home front. There are so many side effects, not just death that has arisen due to the wars overseas. When I first began to write my blog project, I thought that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were stimulated our economy; however, my assumption was incorrect. World War II brought our nation out of the Great Depression; however, the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are actually pulling our nation into a “great” recession. The only economical benefit found is for military families because each soldier receives a certain amount of extra pay while being deployed.

Within a military town, when the soldiers are away, the town’s economy begins to go down, too. Yes, the families remain behind, but the greater number of the population who actually has to the ability to spend money and invest in products is overseas.

If the issues of whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are detrimental or fundamental for the survival of military families remains to be unresolved, then ultimately, the negatives that have been found will begin to grow, and I fear it will grow exponentially. Typically, something gets a lot worse before any type of change for the better begins.

The year 1945 was the deadliest year in American history. This was the year that World War II officially ceased fire. http://germanyinworldwar2.com/IraqWar.htm There are so many similarities between this War on terrorism and the World War II; and World War II got a lot worse before it got better.

If the issue remains unresolved there will be an extremely detrimental effect on military families and communities within our nation. If we continue to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, ultimately, the negative effects will continue to increase. More children will need psychological help on a range of scales from the dissolution of their family, abuse from their mother or father, or having to cope with the loss of their mother, father, sister, brother, or other family member. The divorce rate within our nation will continue to steadily rise. More deaths from soldiers who “snap” will occur. The economic situation within our nation will surely begin to fail because there is only so much money that we have to spend. http://www.populistamerica.com/top_ten_reasons_to_get_out_of_iraq_now

If we leave this issue unresolved, our nation is going to deal with some extremely traumatic events and they will not cease to end until this issue is resolved. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.scenarios/index.html I understand that there is no safe way to leave Iraq, but we need to figure out who is more important; our American citizens or this pointless war.