media outlets: Last weeks ceremonial lowering of the Canadian flag in Kabul for the last time proved to be the catalyst for most major media outlets to reflect on the 12-year deployment, according to The Chronicle Herald. The costs we can easily identify at 158 soldiers, two civilians, one diplomat and one journalist killed; some 2,000 soldiers wounded and injured; and an estimated $22-billion expenditure when you also factor in longtime medical care for ill and disabled veterans and The first and most obvious question asked of the various analysts and stakeholders was invariably, Was it worth it?
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