Social Issue Articles

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           Obama has chosen to withdraw all troops from Iraq in hope that it will end the war that started in March of 2003. He did this because him and thee people at the Pentagon knew that any U.S. troops will not be given immunity from prosecution of crimes. The Pentagon saw this as a deal breaker to stabilize Iraq. I think that this is a good idea at the moment, to get the troops home and to have no troops in Iraq, because that way the Iraq government will think that we don't want too fight anymore and we want peace. On the other hand, they might take advantage of this and get ready to make a big attack on the United States, but Obama thinks that won't happen so we'll just have to see what happens in the future.


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          The United States came to Afghanistan to destroy an Al-Qaeda base that Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda made the September 11th attacks happen, and make sure that no Islamic terrorists would find a safe place there. This war costed the U.S. tax payers $450 billion to fund. I think that the Afghanistan war was the easiest plan of action to stop the terrorists from terrorizing the United States because it destroys any hope of messing with America while everyone is fighting back in Afghanistan.

          Both these articles are about current wars that are relevant to the United States. They both are still going on, but Obama hopes to end them soon