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May 18 2011
Congratulations! America has finally won, but was it an honorable win? America has recently succeeded in their mission of killing Osama Bin Laden though it came with a cost. In my essay I shall explain my views on the topic of terrorism and how we in America are handling it.
The number of deaths listed above I found in an article labeling these death as “casualties”. I particularly dont like that word because there was nothing casual about their deaths, no these people were civilians or better stated as Innocent People. Many people believe that these deaths were necessary, that they had to look at the bigger picture, but cant they see that a bigger picture is made up of smaller pictures? Therefore wasnt the real reason or, at least the reason stated by president Bush was we invaded Iraq “to defend peace and credibility of The United States”. So sending troops to kill innocent people is really defeating the whole purpose of defending our peace and credibility. In conclusion my point is that there is no way to be at peace when people who have nothing to do with the initial battle are bleeding out in cold blood just to accomplish a goal. Isnt there something wrong with that?
Here in The United States everyone is obligated to follow the laws right? Though what I cant understand that when we are overseas we ignore many of the laws that we have grown to trust and abide by. According to an article “US says it has the right to kill American terror suspects abroad without trial. (
It has been reported that approximately 1,033,000 deaths as a result of the conflict of war from March 2003 to August 2007. (Opinion Research Business survey). 98,170-107,152 civilian deaths as a result of the conflict of war. (Iraq Body Count project) The US has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the