"I left both Iraq and Afghanistan with a profound respect for the human cost of war, not just for American service members but for the populations of those countries. War is not clean, and the people who bear the longest burden are rarely the ones who made the decisions."
"Since the 1950s, US-led wars have killed millions of civilians and tens of thousands of military personnel. According to an analysis by the Cost of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, US-led wars since 2001 have directly caused the deaths of about 940,000 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other post-9/11 conflicts."
Decades of US-led wars have led to immense human and financial costs, with 2,461 US soldiers killed and over 20,000 wounded in Afghanistan alone. The Cost of War Project estimates that since 2001, approximately 940,000 people have died in conflicts across several countries. The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has resulted in at least 3,375 deaths, with 13 US military fatalities reported. Veterans like Jeffery Camp emphasize the profound respect for the human cost of war, highlighting the burden borne by those not involved in decision-making.
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