Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij. U.S. Army Special Operations Command hide caption toggle caption U.S. Army Special Operations Command Blog Of The Nation War, Shared Sacrifice And Faces Of Valor October 30, 2011 President Obama recently announced that the "war in Iraq is over" and all U.S. troops will withdraw by the end of the year. It's hard to believe that 10 years have passed and even harder to grasp how many lives have been lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Two-Way Some Veterans Doubt Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Worth Fighting, Study Finds October 5, 2011 The Pew Center has released a study showing differences between veterans and civilians in how they view the military. The study finds about a third of veterans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting.