The Hill News

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of American involvement in the Afghanistan War, which began in October 2001 when American, British and Afghan Northern Alliance launched an attack against the Taliban leadership and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. 
 
The duration of World War II was seven years.
 
World War I lasted four years.
 
The death and carnage of the U.S. Civil War consumed 1861 to 1865. 
 
President Barack Obama has pledged that U.S. combat troops will finally come out of that country by the end of 2014, two more long years, extending the war to at least 12 years.  Already, the neo-conservatives such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are beating the drums to continue a large-scale American troop presence beyond 2014.
 

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