Mental health and the cost of our wars

Mental health and the cost of our wars
Michael Haynie, opinion contributor
© The Hill
Mental health and the cost of our wars
The Biden administration has pledged to have U.S. forces out of Afghanistan later this year. With that action, we will close the book on what has been America's longest sustained period of military conflict. Hopefully, the occasion will represent an opportunity for all Americans to reflect on the costs and consequences of those wars.
Almost 3 million Americans have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. More than 7,000 service members have died in the fight. In financial terms, estimates suggest that to date, the cost of our post-9/11 wars has exceeded $6.4 trillion.

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