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CGTN Graphics: How do Americans view U.S. wars?
According to the Costs of War Project conducted by the Watson Institute at Brown University , the war has caused 46,319 civilian deaths. The New York Times has reported that in the first half of 2019 alone, U.S. bombs led to 363 confirmed deaths, including 89 children.
U.S. Defense Department data show that at one point, 98,000 U.S. troops and more than 130,000 soldiers from 50 NATO and partner nations were deployed in the country. Military expenses since 2001 exceed $2.26 trillion .
In 2003, the Bush administration claimed that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction in order to justify its illegal invasion despite international opposition, and since that time, according to a report by the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), U.S.-led coalition forces have used untold numbers of myriad varieties of bombs and shells that spread white phosphorus and depleted uranium, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists as both a toxic chemical and radiation health hazard. To this day, the United Nations estimates that 25 million mines and other unexploded ordnance remain.
The U.S. has repeatedly waged aggressive wars and rationalized invasion with supposed humanitarian justifications. Between the end of World War II and 9/11, the U.S. initiated 201 of 248 armed conflicts worldwide (81 percent), according to the CSHRS report.
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