My Country Life

So today, I read that President Obama has vowed to “finish the job” in Afghanistan. What does that mean? At this point, I’ve read a little bit and Time magazine seems to sum it up:

The war is now in its ninth year, and public support is waning. But Obama on Tuesday repeated his belief that neither al-Qaeda nor its allies can be permitted to flourish in Afghanistan. “We are going to dismantle and degrade their capabilities and ultimately dismantle and destroy their networks,” he said. “It is my intention to finish the job.”

It appears as if our President is about to order more troops over there.  I just want to remember that he just pledged to “finish the job”.  We’ll see, Mr. President.  I’m skeptical about such lofty goals unless, as was stated, he just pulls everyone out now.  I’m not saying that’s a good idea, but it would indeed finish that particular job while likely opening up a whole other set of miserable jobs to deal with the aftermath of a mass withdrawal…  none of which I’m an expert to talk about.

I guess the arguement of mass withdrawal is that the void will be filled by terroristic/militaristic “enemies” of our country – which is bad.

I’m done yapping.  I’ll post more as I learn more.

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