The Wars put US in Poverty

Poverty is something that should have never been considered existed in American’s dictionary. Even until today it is hard to believe that Americans have been undergoing some very hard time on their economy since entered 21st century.

Then, the Iraq war---It started from the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 which lighted the flame of this war. This attacked killed 2,974 people in the towers, 246 passengers and 17 still missing today. George W. Bush saw this attack as a terrorist threat and started plans of war. He did this not only for revenge but elections were in three years and this will protect his seat in the White House. On March 20, 2003, the attack on Iraq started; meanwhile, Americans at home were suffering from the massive lost of jobs and unable to pay their mortgages. Still today, no one knows when this war will end and millions of dollars are used everyday to fund this war. According to the newest update on Cost on War, $927,447,772,812 is the amount of cost on both the Iraq war and War in Afghanistan since 2003 till today (November 2, 2009). However, if the government has recognized the severity of poverty back in homeland, they would have save a countless amount of cost they have spent on some meaningless wars.

At last, if there is anything that least government can do to rebuild their trust form the people is to let troops recede from the Wars and focus on finding more efficient ways to recover the economic crisis.

Chen Yang