Read the Associated Press article titled "Obama's Afghan war options run gamut".
After considering our country's options concerning the war in Afghanistan, explain your thoughts as to what action you would like to see happen.
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After reading the options, I feel that maybe scaling back would be a good option because we wouldn't have as many troops in Afghanistan risking their lives and then they can send in what they called the "pilotless drones" named Predator to eliminate al-Qaida figures. The other options seemed kind of pointless to me because pulling out all of the troops could be a bad idea for it technically means we're leaving it all up to the Afghanis so we have no idea what's going on over there so they could possibly plot to destroy us. Staying put would mean everything would still be the same as it is now and who knows what could go down if we kept the remaining troops there. Ramping up is completely moronic for we are sending more men and women to their possible dooms and like they said, this option will probably not happen.
ReplyDeleteI cant seem to find a good one. Any decision the President makes will backfire againts him. Like how the press like to report on the bad things about the war. They report daily on deaths where 3 troops might die. Back in WW2, thousands of troops lost their lives on D-Day alone. This war isn't that bad, but no war is go either. This is an example of how today the press likes to make everything sound worse than it actually is. So any decision the President makes, the press will make it a bad one.
ReplyDeleteI personaly think that whatever the President decides to do, he will be critized either way. To me the best thing to do is to slowly remove troops from Afganistan until there are no more left. We have already lost many troops at war, and theres no point in losing more everyday that they [the troops] are still there [in Afaganistan]. But like I said either way it goes, President Obama will be critized. =/
ReplyDeleteI think that we should fall back cause we are ready have enough troops there. I think that if troops start dying then we need to send more.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading all 4 ideas i feel that ramping up our troops is the best idea. I say this because if we just pull out then the people that we are fighting will just come over here and try to fight us over on our turf. Like I said more troops will work out better in the end. The more the marrier i guess.
ReplyDeletei dont really pay attention to what is going on in afghanistan. i just think that our troops should be able to come home there is no need for us to have so many over there and keep them from their families but it is all on the president.Either way you look ast it someone is going to be unhappy so Obama is jsut going to have to make the call on waht he believes is best. It would be great to see our troops come home.=)
ReplyDeleteWell no matter what the decision will not be liked by some group or party, but I think that scaling back if anything would be the best because then if we started using more unmanned vehicles, then we'd decrease the death rate and still be present over there. The only thing i can think of bad about using the predator and other unmanned vehicles is that they are expensive and this is a time where we don't have a lot of "pocket change" to produce the machines. However, in all other aspects scaling back seems fairly reasonable.
ReplyDeleteThe war in Afghanistan can be very confusing and the solution for the war perhaps even more uncertain. However, I think it is always good to ask the following three questions: Where have you been, where are you now, and where do you want to be? Let’s apply these to the situation in Afghanistan…
ReplyDeleteWHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? We have been in Afghanistan since 2001. The U.S. invaded the country directly after the attacks of September 11. We went after the terrorist group Al Qaeda and wanted to get rid of the oppressive Taliban government. We got rid of the Taliban government, many of the Al Qaeda leaders, and helped create a new government in the country.
WHERE ARE WE NOW? We are trying to make the country secure for its citizens. There are Taliban fighters throughout the country fighting, what they think, is a war to save the country from being taken over by America. They recruit and threaten the people of the country daily. Most Afghans are farmers and need to be guaranteed security to go about their daily lives. We are attempting to improve the government, gain the trust of the different Afghan tribes, and encourage them to stay away from the Taliban. This is a very difficult task for American soldiers and many are killed in this completely unique war.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE? We want the country to be able to defend itself from Taliban forces. We want Afghan citizens to be economically successful and we want the government to be functional and trustworthy. In order to do this we must make the country secure and I believe we must therefore increase our troop numbers in the country. If Afghans do not have to worry about security, they can focus on improving their lives and the country. During this process we must then train the Afghan forces and give ourselves the ability to, many years from now, leave the country. Keep in mind, we still have a military presence in Germany and Japan (since the end of World War II) and Korea (since 1952). We may actually, never leave, Afghanistan!
Please feel free to disagree with me!!