Conversation about Afghanistan War

The person with who i had a conversation with concerning the war was my older brother, and the conversation really surprised me. First off i started by asking my brother if he knew anything about the war and what his position was on it, and he began by saying that he though we were fighting afghanistan because they had ties to al qaeda and that he supported this, but was not to sure because he really had not heard anything about the war for a while now. I started off by telling him that afghanistan was actually our allies and that we and the UN were trying to defend them, and he responded by saying that we should worry about our on problems, and i agreed. The conversation surprised me because i did not know that so many people were so uninformed about this war. Then at this point the conversation turned into a learning experience for my brother.

After explaining to my brother what was really going on in Afghanistan i began to tell him all of the things i learned in class that were bad about the war. I began by telling him that the war was a large factor for why our country is so largely in debt, and this was new to him and he listened more. I then told him how we were basically fighting this war for all of the UN and that while we keep spending money and sending troops they send less and waste less. This all surprised my brother and he took an opposing position on the war quickly and thanked me forr telling him why we were at war. At the end of the conversation i felt good to know about this war so that i could take an educated position and inform others about why i felt that why towards the war. However i was surprised to see how little we all know about the war and all of its effects.