http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/opinions/bergen-afghan-troops-staying/index.html
10,000 soldiers staying in Afghanistan?!
This is getting ridiculous its the year 2015 and the war started in 2001 and Obama still want to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan till the end of 2016!, why you ask? He believes that if we don't keep US troops in Afghanistan that the Taliban will take over once again. I completely disagree with this but CNN Peter Bergen finds it to be the perfect answer he says "the decision announced Thursday to keep some 10,000 troops there until the end of 2016 is exactly the right one. The Obama administration then plans to drop that number to 5,500 by early 2017 as it leaves office." I don't understand how keeping these troops overseas is even a question, haven't we trained and supported there military with are money do we really need to sacrifice more american lives. i understand that there leaders want us to keep a sizable amount of troops in there country and why wouldn't they its not there money or there men that are dying there basically getting a protector(US) from the bully(taliban) on the play playground. The question i ask is what is going to happen once the US finally pulls out or can't afford to spend billions of dollars to keep them safe, to me its almost pointless to keep spending are resources that we don't have that is obvious by are trillions in debt on a country that should be supporting itself after over a decade of holding it's hand.
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I completely agree that it is ridiculous that troops are still currently in Afghanistan. Obama has intended troops to dwindle in 2017 to 5,500. However, if we do withdraw troops from Afghanistan we are more likely to receive terroristic threats from ISIS and the Taliban. It has been established that withdrawing troops from Iraq that Afghanistan would be unable to enforce such action. ALL_american has discussed all the major issues that were brought up. Although do you honestly think that withdrawing troops would be the best decision? We have created a alliance with them and are not receiving anything in return. Strongly agree that we are fighting someone else's fight.
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