There are always people that are against something like politics, religion, and other stuff, but the biggest one that almost everyone has an opinion about is war. It all started on September 11, 2001 when planes hit the twin towers in New York then the Pentagon, then the plane attended for the white house went down in a field. Then began the longest war the U. S. has been involved in the Afghanistan War. Supporters of the war might say they are fighting terrorists who committed these acts, Opponents might say “no war costs to much money and cost the lives of too many young men and women. First, after FDNY companies and international task forces were working at ground zero President Bush made his famous bullhorn speech. George W. Bush said “I can hear you! ” he declared. “The rest of the world hears you! And the people – and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. ”
The crowd reacted with loud, prolonged chants of “USA! USA! “. When the U. S learned that the Taliban was harboring Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and Al- Qaeda bush said “handover BinLaden or face the consequences. “The government of Afghanistan failed to achieve major progress in pacifying the country. Hamid Karzai came to power in December 2001; after the Taliban’s defeat, he was named chairman of an interim government for Afghanistan. The following June, he took office as interim president, and in a national election in 2004, he won election to a five-year presidential term. Though Karzai pledged to rebuild his country and attracted international support, he was criticized for making deals with warlords, ignoring drug trafficking, and failing to improve the country’s economy and security.
Karzai was elected to a second five-year term in 2009. In the years that followed, Afghanistan’s government continued to battle the Taliban and the opium drug trade, as well as deal with issues with neighboring Pakistan. ” Next, you see once you start something you have to see it through. There are less than 100 al Qaeda left in Afghanistan–but there are over 600,000 Afghan and U. S. Forces and Allies there to fight them. Currently,The present situation is quite problematic, they have no way of existing other than illegal drug trade. Taliban and alQaeda forces established strongholds in parts of Afghanistan and over the border in Pakistan. Taliban fighters have launched attacks on major urban areas in Pakistan, including the city of Lahore.
They have also made attempts to get into the Punjab region, which borders India. Taliban and al-Qaeda commanders have insisted that they plan to continue to increase their presence in Pakistan, and use that country as a base for launching attacks against the United States and its allies. “A look at a topographical map of Afghanistan will tell even the dullest among us that Afghanistan is a far more geographically complicated and challenging country than Iraq and that if we are to “win” there, we will probably need more troops than we needed in Iraq. In fact, Afghanistan, with its valleys, mountains and lack of infrastructure is a military nightmare. ” Next, look at the progress we’ve made since we have been there. We have helped build schools, girls can now attend, we have killed a lot of (HVT/HVI ) high value targets or high valued individual. Another, reason is look at the Men and Women who have died on that place.
For example, Restrepo in the Korengal valley was a dangerous spot but made finding the enemy easier mainly because they are all around you. while U. S personnel were there over Fifty Four americans have been killed currently Afghan commandos trained by the CIA are constantly going in the valley. The whole point of being stationed there is you don’t go to the enemy, they came to you. Jean Schmidt got a message from this guy” She told her new colleagues of a phone call she had just received from freshman Ohio state Rep. Danny R. Bubp of West Union, a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. “He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course.
He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message – that cowards cut and run, Marines never do,” said Schmidt, of Miami Township. “Danny and the rest of America and the world want the assurance from this body that we will see this through. ” Now, a reason why we shouldn’t be in that country at all. A lot of servicemen and women have died, it costs to much money basic anti-war stuff. At first civilians were happy remember when i mentioned” fog of war” well muslim civilians got killed from our airstrikes which results in a bunch of ticked off muslim village members start to hate you.
For example, recently At least 11 Afghan civilians including women and children have been killed and 16 injured in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar, local security officials have told the BBC. Then, Last year the president banned foreign airstrikes in residential areas after civilians were mistakenly killed in a night raid. Starting from 2001 to 2015 over 2,364 U. S. been killed by either Friendly Fire, IED hits, and non combat reasons. The United kingdom had 453 KIA followed by other countries totaling 679 KIA, unfortunately bring the actual total too 3,496 people.
We have spent over or obligated 4. 4 trillion dollars in the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq then there are things like Veterans Care, increases in Homeland and Military budgets and other war related programs. Next, hey what do you know remember when i mentioned afghan civilians being a soldier’s pain in the butt? well look During the Second [Anglo-]Afghan War (1878-1880) there was a particularly competent British army officer called Henry Brooke whose well-written diaries of the period are published as Brigade Commander: Afghanistan.
He had little time for Afghans, and in April 1880 wrote that “an Afghan is so natural a liar that no one thinks of believing them, and among themselves they are never weak enough to put any trust one in the other, and in this they are quite wise as a more treacherous set of lying beings do not, I suppose, exist on the face of the world. ” In April [2013], the New York Times Reported that, “For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president-courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA].
All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the CIA to the office of President Hamid Karzai…. An American official said, ‘The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan [is] the United States. ‘” Would you agree that the people are kind of untrustworthy depending on the province take the korengal the local civillians do not take to outsiders very kindly towards outsiders. Despite the substantial improvements of Afghan security forces, few Afghans believe that a better future is on the horizon after 2014.
Although NATO and U. S. officials remain optimistic about the success of the counterinsurgency and stabilization campaign, many fear there will be a renewed outbreak of civil war after 2014 when the NATO presence is much reduced. Worse yet, Afghans have become disconnected and alienated from the national government and the country’s other power arrangements. They are profoundly dissatisfied with Kabul’s inability and unwillingness to provide basic public services and with the widespread corruption of the power elites.
Afghan citizens intensely resent the abuse of power, impunity, and lack of justice that have become entrenched over the past decade. This pretty much says that some of the afghans say that they feel more safe with american forces in country. The last con some people say that we should also be in pakistan because while the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have some sanctuary in afghanistan they have more in pakistan. The one issue that should be at the core of the afghan strategy is pakistan it is there where the U. S have vital, interests mainly because of the tensions between India and Pakistan is a problem.
This is a more vital interests because Pakistan have nukes and well i told you they are not on the best of terms right now. As long as there is a sanctuary for the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan, we will never “win. ” The Pashtun people, who basically comprise the Taliban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, straddle the border between the two nations. In that fact lies one of our most difficult problems. If we are to “win” over the Taliban in Afghanistan, we will have to deny them sanctuary in Pakistan.
The Pakistan military establishment has long supported the Taliban, seeing it as a potential counterbalance or leve conflict with India, its only true enemy on the face of the earth. They are reluctant to commit resources to the fight against the Taliban in Pakistan because of its perceived role in any future battle with India. Further, the more we involve ourselves directly in the struggle within Pakistan with drones and special operations, the more support we loose within Pakistan. It is a true Hobson’s Choice.
Last of all, as described this is a very complicated issue to debate because it’s a different type of war. In review reasons why we should stay include 9-11, once you are in you follow through, and well the government/police/army are very corrupt, the progress we’ve made. Now why should we leave a region that supported terrorism with only a handful of properly trained ANP and ANA forces ? , we should worry about pakistan not Afghanistan it is therefore the U. S. has more interests and national security threats, it costs to much money and a whole bunch of other stuff like effects on the nation’s debt.
