October 18, 2009
Recently, Senator John Kerry had some words of advise for President Obama about raising troop levels in Afghanistan. He cautioned the president to not go through with his plans to raise levels while the country's government is in a state of chaos due to the nation's elections. He says it would be irresponsible of Obama do so in the country's current state. Now, I believe that Senator Kerry's response has some truth to it, but he also is being too passive. We should definitely take precautions when sending in more troops to a chaotic country, we don't what any of our men dying for no cause. On the other hand, if we don't keep our position as a powerful aid to the country, the citizens will lose support in our troops and our troops may be the ones to pay. This is a very tough topic to take sides on, but I would feel more comfortable staying out of harms way. I believe until the country's government is under control, we should be extremely cautious about sending in anymore troops.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/17/kerry.afghanistan/index.html
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