Matthew Henderson
09/25/2009
People are saying that the Obama administration holds differences from the military and General McCrystal on the war in Afghanistan. It is true that they are rethinking the strategy that was proposed in March. Obama and his advisor's are coming up with an updated version of the plan. McCrystal also has a request for more troops that he intends to send to the Defense Department. McCrystal said that they would not do anything without having discussed and agreed on a plan first. The military is always doing assessments which our definitely needed because the face of the war can change at any time and plans need to be flexible and possibly changed completely. There have also been rumors that McCrystal may resign if things don’t go his way. He denies even thinking about that, saying that he knows that we can achieve success and that he will see it through.
I personally wish that we had never entered this conflict. As far as I can see war is never the answer. Now that we are here though we should try and get out as quickly and efficiently as possible. I hope that the assessments and the new plans that the military combined with the Obama administration come up with will help us get our soldiers out of their as soon as we can. I believe that there may be difference of opinions between the capital and the pentagon but that is why we have both and they are separate rather than one. We have elected these officials and the most we can do now is hope for the best.
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