America's influence in Afghanistan has been complex, surprisingly prolonged, and often ineffective. The USA officially entered Afghanistan in October of 2001, following the 9/11 attacks to hunt for the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. No one expected the Global War on Terrorism to last as long as it did. Similar to WWI, both wars have begun with a hasty deceleration of war, immediately after a tragic loss of life. The onsets of both were called "acts of war," and both countries declared war upon each other, scrambling to determine friend versus foe. Both leaders promised a quick war, not knowing that the fighting would stretch to be years long. This war in Afghanistan is being compared to Vietnam now, as we are “fighting a costly, intractable, and unending conflict against a relentlessly resilient asymmetric foe.”
The US has been sending tens of thousands of troops overseas and taxpayers have spent almost $1 trillion dollars keeping the US presence in Afghanistan. (T&P) There is no end in sight. Similar again to WWI, this war overseas has become a war of attrition, in which countless lives are lost and little ground is gained. Fighting now deals in threats and strategic movement, but still we head the constant stories of soldiers going door to door, fighting Taliban and ISIS members. Overseas military have tried to …show more content…
Afghan people live in very harsh geography, and their way of life has adapted to living in those conditions. These conditions are unfamiliar and detrimental to foreign forces, famously the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Afghan troops could hunker down and essentially wait out the Russian forces, draining them of their resources and picking off their troops. While there was some success to the Russia occupation and effort, the Afghan people are resilient and are far more prepared to fight than any outside
The US has been sending tens of thousands of troops overseas and taxpayers have spent almost $1 trillion dollars keeping the US presence in Afghanistan. (T&P) There is no end in sight. Similar again to WWI, this war overseas has become a war of attrition, in which countless lives are lost and little ground is gained. Fighting now deals in threats and strategic movement, but still we head the constant stories of soldiers going door to door, fighting Taliban and ISIS members. Overseas military have tried to …show more content…
Afghan people live in very harsh geography, and their way of life has adapted to living in those conditions. These conditions are unfamiliar and detrimental to foreign forces, famously the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Afghan troops could hunker down and essentially wait out the Russian forces, draining them of their resources and picking off their troops. While there was some success to the Russia occupation and effort, the Afghan people are resilient and are far more prepared to fight than any outside