Washington Examiner: Ghosts of Iraq and Afghanistan Invasions Haunt America
Washington Examiner: Ghosts of Iraq and Afghanistan Invasions Haunt America
1-11-2025
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A report by the American newspaper, Washington Examiner, confirmed on Saturday that the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan left 4,500 American soldiers dead in Iraq and 2,459 dead in Afghanistan. The war operations in Iraq also cost 815 billion dollars, which led Americans to doubt the results of future military wars.
“The crisis of public confidence in America’s core institutions—the media, the justice system, the education system, and the like—is often raised, but perhaps the most serious and significant of all is the lack of confidence in the institutions of government that are at war. Cynicism about U.S. military involvement of any kind is now so widespread that it is difficult to imagine the circumstances that might unite the country behind a necessary war effort,” the report, translated by Al-Maalouma, said.
“During the 2024 presidential election, little has been made of China’s stated ambitions for near-term reunification with Taiwan under the One China policy,” he added. “Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has repeatedly described reunification with Taiwan as a “historical inevitability,” has been rapidly ramping up his military buildup in recent years. He wants to be prepared not only to seize the island state by force, but also to successfully engage in direct conflict with the United States in doing so.”
“Chinese control of Taiwan would make China the dominant economic power in the world’s fastest-growing and most important economic region,” the report explained. “In addition to controlling Taiwan’s renowned semiconductor industry, which would give its military technology a major boost, they would have greater influence over global trade and supply chains, tilting the global balance of power by further weakening the United States’ global economic leadership.”
“A Chinese victory would also fundamentally alter the geostrategic relationships the United States currently enjoys with other powers in the Indo-Pacific region,” he continued. “South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and even Australia would likely strike favorable deals with China to avoid being perceived as hostile to the region’s dominant power. The effects of such an adjustment would tear apart U.S.-China relations.”
The report pointed out that “the big question here is whether the ghosts of Iraq and Afghanistan make Americans fear war more than they fear the worst consequences of remaining in peace?”
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