The impact on the war in Iraq has not had a profound affect on my family, but bits of it have been felt around my neighborhood. Since my neighbor spent close to a year in Iraq, my family and I have heard stories about the dangers that soldiers must face each day. Roadside bombs, bullets whizzing by his head, rocket launchers, and surprise skirmishes are all what he had to endure during his time in Iraq. With the death toll where it is now, it is obvious the danger is very real but I believe it is heavily underreported by the media.
The media is mostly concerned with visits made by high-ranking officials and attacks that are on a larger scale. The government, on the other hand, has its own secrets and will obviously report only successful attacks and accomplishments. As a result, American citizens only know what the media and government report, unless they choose to research the war on their own.
Additionally, the US would not just stay in Iraq to stabilize a foreign country by spending billions of dollars of its own money. It is because of the war that oil prices have shot up in the US while they have remained fairly stagnant in Europe. As a result, it is oil dependency that drives a part of this war. I also do not see the war having any positive effect on the middle class in the near future. To my understanding it will only somehow make the rich even richer. For all these reasons, I support the troops and not the war.
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