The war continues to go on. Iraq is still doing it's thing, rebuilding and so forth. The surge seemingly worked the country is making some serious progress, depending on your definition of progress. Afghan, which has been on the back burner in some people's minds, continues to wage forward with the "War on Terror" still rolling. Obama seems to believe that more forces are needed there:
"US President Barack Obama plans to send an extra 4,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help train the Afghan security forces, US officials say."
To me, this doesn't seem to make much sense. This country is currently stuck in an economic disaster because of the wars we are waging over seas. The money we are pumping "to spread democracy around the world" is over done and pointless. This country needs to get itself straight at home and realize that being an empire would eventually lead to failure as we are facing now and countless other countries have faced before us. We need that money to fuel our own economy instead of trying to stablize an area that will never be stable, no matte how much we want it to be.
The middle east, for thousands of years, has been a hotbed of conflict. Again, America needs to get off of its high horse and settle itself at home. "Eventually, the US hopes Afghan security forces will take over security operations and allow foreign forces to draw down". Eventually? What does that even mean? This war has continued far too long for reasons that can't justifiably be explained. My friend will be sent out to Afghanistan shortly after summer. Needless to say, he's excited to get his chance to go fight for this country. However, I'm scared that he will die for a cause that can't be justified. He would argue with me all day about this and he certainly has the right to, but as of now my personal belief is to come home and let's figure our own problems first.
It's up to Obama to end this War on a better lexicon than the "War on Terror". That could be the difference between liking his decision and dismissing it.
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It is hard to understand why the U.S which for the sake of this response is a superpower needs to protect themselves from other unstable countries. Why do we have to stick our nose in everything, I am not sure, but I do understand that we must have some foreign influence. We have over the years created many enemies and are now in the position that we feel we must protect our borders from everyone. Homeland Security in my eyes may be a type of nationwide brain wash to instill a fear in that back of everyone’s minds. Maybe it is a way to evoke a sense of insecurity to help give reasons for our country to participate in conflicts overseas that we do not need to be in. I do not think we should just pull everyone out of the Middle East because let’s face it we have dug ourselves such a hole that we cannot get out of it. Maybe that is why we use ambiguous words such as “eventual” to lure the public into thinking that it will be soon, or on the other hand take years. I wish that our political leaders could cut to the chase and just tell the American people of what is really going on, but that will probably never happen. Hopefully, and I do mean hopefully Obama can mend our problems and reverse this false sense of power and authority over other countries in which do not need such an invasive presence by our military.
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