Friday, December 4, 2009
Commentary on sending more troops to Afghanistan
In the news recently it says that President Barack Obama will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan to help fight the war against terrorism. According to the article it says that we have 71,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan plus another 42,000 from other allied nations. Also the U.S. have called on our allies to send more of their troops to Afghanistan. From the article I read there are a number of people who are for this new strategy such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who praised the new "surge of forces" saying it would help "reverse the momentum of the Taliban."And of course their are others who oppose Obama's decision of sending 30,000 more troops. I personally think that there does need to be an end to this war but there also needs to be a good end and issues resolved and if that means sending more troops to put force on the Taliban than so be it. I don't see the additional troops as a negative thing because if it was than other allied nations would not also be sending additional troops to help aid the United States. This is just not a war against the Taliban and the U.S. it is a global issue and all countries need to be involved to help fight against terrorism. Just recently I read that a group of suicide bombers stormed a packed mosque in Pakistan's garrison city Rawalpindi on Friday opening fire and detonating explosives that killed at least 32 people. This here shows just how powerful and strong the Taliban are and if things arent resolved and the Taliban isn't taken down than another attack could happen here in the U.S. or in any other country. I support the decision to send more troops and I know that these soldiers risk their lives each and everyday and I hope that the war against terrorism comes out with a good ending.
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I also want to see an end to this war, and it would be great if that end was a peaceful one. However it seems that the Taliban are not ready to end the war and from my understanding that is a definate factor in why President Obama is sending in more troops. But doing so is making a big sacrife on behalf of our country. From an economic viewpoint this war has already left our economy struggling, additional war funding is only going to dig us deeper into an economic hole. Also there is the border issue. When we have illegal immigrants who come to the United States willing to work for practically nothing, citizens lose jobs. And there are already so many layoffs that we need as many job opportunities available for our citizens as we can get right now. The war is mostly to blame for this. We are spending too much money on a war that has in my belief lost its point. Its really not fair to send more troops oversees when we are not really sure what it is that we are fighting for anymore.
ReplyDeleteBefore being elected president, Obama promised to get our country out of this war, but by the way things look we will still be in war by the end of his first administration.
You also mentioned that other countries should join the US in a war against the Taliban. However that would turn this war into a world war. I do not want to see it go that far. The Taliban is one group of people and to let that one group affect a numerous amount of countries seems ridiculous. I do agree that we need peace to be made but I dont see how continueing the war is making peace. Its just doing the same thing that we have been doing for the past decade. We need to try something new. I think that at this point the best thing for the United States is to pull out.