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First off, I want to say that I have been apart of NikeTalk for a long time, just don't post all that much. I see some great topics made and issues debatedon here, and would like to add to that as well.
There has been much talk lately about President Obama and the Joint Chiefs of Staff increasing the troop level in Afghanistan with an addition 40,000 men andwomen service members.
What is NT's feelings on this? In my mind it is a big deal because the United States has been in Afghanistan for 8 years now. Operation Eduring Freedom wasfirst set up to stop the harboring of terrorists, find Osama Bin Laden and other key terrorist leaders and organizations and to overall make the citizens ofthe United States feel that we wouldn't allow for the events that took place on Sept 11th to happen again.
My question about this war is that, in my mind, the United States isn't any safer. Key terrorist leaders are still roaming around, just check what hashappened recently in Denver, New York and Boston. Worst of all, men and women are dying on a daily basis, and exactly for what? Afghanistan has set upelections, which was definitely a step foward, but now they are saying many votes that were cast were fradulent and there is large amounts of corruption inthat country.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but I just don't see how adding 40,000 more men and women is going to solve anything? There hasn't been tomany strides in Afghanistan in the 8 years since our country invaded, yet we are going to send 40,000 more troops? Doesn't that mean that we are just goingto end up bringing more bodies home instead of actually making the correct stides, maybe using a tactic such as diplomacy?
There has been much talk lately about President Obama and the Joint Chiefs of Staff increasing the troop level in Afghanistan with an addition 40,000 men andwomen service members.
What is NT's feelings on this? In my mind it is a big deal because the United States has been in Afghanistan for 8 years now. Operation Eduring Freedom wasfirst set up to stop the harboring of terrorists, find Osama Bin Laden and other key terrorist leaders and organizations and to overall make the citizens ofthe United States feel that we wouldn't allow for the events that took place on Sept 11th to happen again.
My question about this war is that, in my mind, the United States isn't any safer. Key terrorist leaders are still roaming around, just check what hashappened recently in Denver, New York and Boston. Worst of all, men and women are dying on a daily basis, and exactly for what? Afghanistan has set upelections, which was definitely a step foward, but now they are saying many votes that were cast were fradulent and there is large amounts of corruption inthat country.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but I just don't see how adding 40,000 more men and women is going to solve anything? There hasn't been tomany strides in Afghanistan in the 8 years since our country invaded, yet we are going to send 40,000 more troops? Doesn't that mean that we are just goingto end up bringing more bodies home instead of actually making the correct stides, maybe using a tactic such as diplomacy?