Troops In Afghanistan Blog#2
Lots of new stories have just come up in the news about the
troops in Afghanistan. The most recent one is about Marine Corps Gen. John
Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan has just been expected to leave his
command at the end of this year to go to the US European Command to take over.
General John Allen is a very important man, spending most of his life dedicated
to finally signing a long-term security agreement with Afghanistan and also to
see a drawback in troops in Afghanistan. He has shifted American Troops from a
counterinsurgency (military or political action taken against the activities of
revolutionaries) strategy to a simpler mission strategy by having troops
train Afghan militia. There is no final decision on who will replace Gen. Allen in
Afghanistan. One possibility is Army Gen. David Rodriguez, who as the Number 2
commander in Afghanistan. More information that has been released is that two British
soldiers shot in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. The ministry said, “…shot
and killed by Afghan police force…” but NATO’s force in Afghanistan on that Saturday,
indicated they were insurgents (or rebel) dressed as police. News reports have
stated one of the rebels was killed but the other is still being searched for.
Basically, to add to my research I focused on the news. The other night I was watching the news with my family when the story about the soldiers being killed came on, I remembered about it and wanted to include it in the new information. I also visited AOL and CNN every night to check for new stories and new events happening in Afghanistan.
So far I’ve sent out a survey asking people certain questions about the War. In the end I ask them to give me a response on their opinion and when they believe we should bring the troops home.
The story about the two “police” officers who shot and killed troops helped to prove the point about how when we killed Osama Bin Laden, it may have upped this countries risk on more terrorism. The point of killing Osama was to reduce the Al Queda was to reduce it until it was nothing, but if the terrorist group is still around, this can change the outcome of our future. First, we could be at higher risk of another terrorist attack like 9/11. Second, this could influence President Obama to have our troops remain in Afghanistan to fully eliminate the Al Queda threat, which can take even longer. We just don’t know the outcome yet, we will have to wait and see. But this helps my thoughts about whether or not we should start to bring home our troops just yet, because if the Taliban and Al Queda forces don’t begin to decrease, we could see an increase in our troops.
Personally, I feel as though we should begin to bring home our troops but not an overwhelming amount. There is still a high threat against America so I believe we should stop that threat first, then come home.
I still wonder about, whether or not it’s worth losing our own to help another country that with the right training can fix their own problems. But if we do well for others we have them as friends, right? I guess that’s just what America is trying to do.
So far I’ve sent out a survey asking people certain questions about the War. In the end I ask them to give me a response on their opinion and when they believe we should bring the troops home.
The story about the two “police” officers who shot and killed troops helped to prove the point about how when we killed Osama Bin Laden, it may have upped this countries risk on more terrorism. The point of killing Osama was to reduce the Al Queda was to reduce it until it was nothing, but if the terrorist group is still around, this can change the outcome of our future. First, we could be at higher risk of another terrorist attack like 9/11. Second, this could influence President Obama to have our troops remain in Afghanistan to fully eliminate the Al Queda threat, which can take even longer. We just don’t know the outcome yet, we will have to wait and see. But this helps my thoughts about whether or not we should start to bring home our troops just yet, because if the Taliban and Al Queda forces don’t begin to decrease, we could see an increase in our troops.
Personally, I feel as though we should begin to bring home our troops but not an overwhelming amount. There is still a high threat against America so I believe we should stop that threat first, then come home.
I still wonder about, whether or not it’s worth losing our own to help another country that with the right training can fix their own problems. But if we do well for others we have them as friends, right? I guess that’s just what America is trying to do.
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