How will future generations be affected by recent wars? by Kasey Zhang

19zhangk — 2015-04-09 13:30:27 UTC

Due to the conflict in Aghanistan, there are no social services for children who need it.

19zhangk — 2015-04-09 13:30:39 UTC

One in three Afghan children under of the age of five are underweight, and will be forced to work on the streets to ensure that there'll be food to eat.

How war is affecting Afghanistan

19zhangk — 2015-04-09 13:37:56 UTC

War is a huge issue in Afghanistan. Since the start of the Afghanistan War in 2001, over 21,000 civilians have been killed. Some causes of death are crossfire, cluster bombs, assassination, and even night raids into the house of suspected agitators. The toll of the ongoing war in Afghanistan has been very high. In 2009, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health said fully two-thirds of Afghans suffer mental health problems. The war has also caused many indirect deaths, from problems such as malnutrition, lack of clean drinking water, and reduced access to healthcare. While Afghanistan was already dealing with these issues even before the war, the war has only made issues have only been made exponentially worse. When the war ends, it will be generations before Afghanistan can recover from the war. It was started in 2001, and still has no end in sight. It’s likely that the future generations will suffer greatly from the war going on right now.

The War on Terror now has 329,745 deaths and counting across 12 years so far.

19zhangk — 2015-04-13 13:10:04 UTC

After almost 4 years of Civil War in Syria, death tolls are now over 200,000. Over 10,000 children and over 6,000 women were among the dead.

19zhangk — 2015-04-13 13:11:34 UTC

Over half of the casualties were innocent civilians.

How war has affected Laos

19zhangk — 2015-04-13 13:13:15 UTC

War also used to be a big issue in Laos, and the aftermath can still be seen today. From between 1964 to 1973, the United States dropped over 2,000,000 tons of ammunition during 580,000 bombing missions. This is equivalent to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, for 9 years straight. It was part of a secret war in Laos, where the United States supported the Royal Lao Government against the Pathet Lao (Communists). Due to the destruction of thousands of villages, hundreds of thousands of civilians were displaced. Around of a third of the bombs did not even explode, making the whole of Laos a giant minefield essentially. Over 20,000 people have been killed due to the unexploded ordnance (UXO). Each year, there are over 100 new casualties, 60% which lead to death, and 40% of the victims are children. The United States has done little to help. It spent the same amount of money bombing Laos for 3 days ($51,000,000) as it has spent cleaning up the mess it made for 16 years.

Antiwar Organizations

19zhangk — 2015-04-13 13:15:05 UTC

Veterans for Peace is a global organization of veterans seeking to increase public awareness of the costs of war. They want to end the arms race, eliminate nuclear weapons, and abolish war. On top of that, they want to stop the United States from interfering with the affairs of other nations. They use non-violent means.

United For Peace and Justice is a coalition of antiwar organizations. It now has 1400 member groups within the coalition. It has 5 main “Working Groups”, Afghanistan, Legislative, Nuclear Disarmament, International, and the Beyond War Working Group.

United National Antiwar Coalition is another coalition against war, situated in the United States. They have 10 main goals: Strength in Unity, Independence from Major Political Parties, Mass Mobilizations, Timely Opposition to U.S. Aggression, Quick Response to Events, Mutual Defense, Defense of Civil Liberties, Showing Connections Between Issues, Continuity of Leadership, and finally, Education and Debate.

Sources/Websites

19zhangk — 2015-04-13 13:20:49 UTC

https://www.unacpeace.org/home.html

http://www.unitedforpeace.org

http://www.veteransforpeace.org

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/us-mideast-crisis-toll-idUSKBN0LB0DY20150207

http://wars.findthedata.com

http://legaciesofwar.org/about-laos/secret-war-laos/

http://costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civilians