Monday, October 19, 2009

Aid and murder

What the hell are we doing in Afghanistan
Obama says that he will not commit more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until he is convinced that the central gov't can be a credible and effective U.S. partner. This begs the question of whether more troops are needed. If they are needed, then what kind of burden is this policy putting on the current troops there? The Afghan gov't says there are too many strings attached to our aid packages and are telling us what to do with our money. I say we should keep our money. We have enough money in our military to do what we need to do.
What the hell are we doing in Pakistan
We sent billions in aid to Pakistan's army and hardly any was spent on it. Later we send another package to them and they want assurances that it won't mess with their sovereignty. First off, we taxpayers that are sending them money should know exactly where our money is going. And apparently they have been using the money for whatever they want it to be used for. Our lawmakers should only be assuring them that they won't get any more aid.
-7.5 billion dollar aid package passed in congress unaminously.

Hillary Clinton says that all nations must play a part in Afghanistan mission. However, the terrorists don't hate all countries.
Is a deadline for troop withdrawal and a troop surge conflicting messages?

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