By Matt Northrup
3/27/09
4:24 PM
President Obama announced on Friday that he plans to further bolster American forces in Afghanistan. The announcement follows news of a suicide bombing near the Khyber Pass, but this event only underscored the president’s tone. The plan in Afghanistan is to boost American forces in Afghanistan, increase aid to Pakistan, and set strict standards for measuring progress in fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban in both chaotic countries. Obama warned of intelligence estimates that al Qaeda “is actively planning attacks on the U.S. homeland from its safe haven in Pakistan.” One of the main goals of the strategy is to eliminate dismantle al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
If there is one aspect of President Obama that I respect more than anything else, it’s that he is always very clear in detailing his plans. In the speech he gave about his plan, he cited many specific details of the surge, and also offered an exit strategy if his plan doesn’t succeed. It’s especially nice to see Obama combat al Qaeda so soon after former vice president Dick Cheney claimed that he was making America less safe. Overall, Obama has convinced me that this plan could work, which is something that George Bush never did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/washington/28prexy.html?_r=1&hp
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Me and a few of my friends were discussing this issue. All of us have mixed emotions about more troops being sent to Afgan...
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