Summary 3

Lindsey Knight

Mr. Comer

Honors Government

9/21/14

Summary #3

America is on the brink of war with Iraq again.  Some call the U.S. to action to protect the Iraqi citizens and the safety of the world, but others consider the possible dangers of intervention.  Charles M. Blow, a writer for the New York Times, “implore[s] the president and the nation to proceed with caution (Blow).”  President Obama has recognized the Isis group in Iraq as a terrorist organization and plans to institute a “a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.”  Most Americans today are in favor of Obama’s plan, but Blow views this intervention as another costly war.  Back in 2003, three out of four Americans supported American intervention in Iraq, but the nine year struggle left Americans wishing for peace.  Therefore, Charles Blow implores Americans to think again about the cost of war with Iraq for a second time.  The previous war saw huge expenses and deaths.  Also, the equipment that the Americans left behind  is now being used by Iraqi terrorist groups.  America now has to spend millions of dollars to destroy the captured equipment.  Blow would beg Americans to think about another decade of spent money, lost lives, and chaotic war.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/opinion/charles-blow-the-cost-of-war.html?_r=0