Foreign Affairs

  • In October, the U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan will turn 17.

  • More than 2,000 U.S. military personnel have been killed, over 20,000 have been injured.

  • 20,000 Afghanistan CIVILIANS have been killed, and another 50,000 injured since 2009 alone

  • The United States has spent some $877 billion on the war

    • When it comes to Afghanistan, the U.S. public has favored the status quo at best, expressed deep ambivalence at worst.