My turn: Afghanistan one of many government failures
Stuart Warren
Issue date: 12/10/09 Section: Perspective
In response to Luke Morgan's "My Turn" in the December 3 issue of The Progress, I disagree completely.
As a conservative, only twice has President Obama gained my approval. I know I have zero effect on his decisions and policies, but I think it is quite shocking to see a president make such liberal and massively unpopular decisions so often.
Both former President George W. Bush and current President Obama made detrimental decisions for our efforts in Iraq. Though I cannot justify the actions in Iraq either by my own definition or through St. Thomas Aquinas' "Just War Theory," it is important we leave an area better than we found it.
We have not done that.
In Iraq our goals were not clear, we did not supply enough troops for hasty and massive surges, nor have we left it a better nation than we found. The removal of troops in Iraq will mark our failure.
The story is much the same for Afghanistan.
Although our goals have been clear, our actions have not. There were never enough troops and we failed to initiate the surges necessary to end "evil" when it was before our eyes.
I find it hard to believe we are incapable of finding Osama bin Laden. I do not believe there is a conspiracy, just misguided efforts.
Last Monday, President Obama announced there would be 30,000 troops sent into Afghanistan.
In my opinion, there will still not be enough.
Thankfully he has failed to maintain enough support for reelection, but regretfully, President Obama has failed to successfully fight the good fight.
As President Bush infamously stated over and over, "We must stay the course."
This is not war, but more of a police action to capture those guilty of planning terrorist attacks on American and foreign soil. Those guilty must be found and tried for crimes in tribunal courts, not civilian courts in New York City.
By giving terrorists the same civilian rights we enjoy, we give them the opportunity to spew their messages of hate in our court systems. We are also creating an obvious target for more attacks on American soil.
As a conservative, only twice has President Obama gained my approval. I know I have zero effect on his decisions and policies, but I think it is quite shocking to see a president make such liberal and massively unpopular decisions so often.
Both former President George W. Bush and current President Obama made detrimental decisions for our efforts in Iraq. Though I cannot justify the actions in Iraq either by my own definition or through St. Thomas Aquinas' "Just War Theory," it is important we leave an area better than we found it.
We have not done that.
In Iraq our goals were not clear, we did not supply enough troops for hasty and massive surges, nor have we left it a better nation than we found. The removal of troops in Iraq will mark our failure.
The story is much the same for Afghanistan.
Although our goals have been clear, our actions have not. There were never enough troops and we failed to initiate the surges necessary to end "evil" when it was before our eyes.
I find it hard to believe we are incapable of finding Osama bin Laden. I do not believe there is a conspiracy, just misguided efforts.
Last Monday, President Obama announced there would be 30,000 troops sent into Afghanistan.
In my opinion, there will still not be enough.
Thankfully he has failed to maintain enough support for reelection, but regretfully, President Obama has failed to successfully fight the good fight.
As President Bush infamously stated over and over, "We must stay the course."
This is not war, but more of a police action to capture those guilty of planning terrorist attacks on American and foreign soil. Those guilty must be found and tried for crimes in tribunal courts, not civilian courts in New York City.
By giving terrorists the same civilian rights we enjoy, we give them the opportunity to spew their messages of hate in our court systems. We are also creating an obvious target for more attacks on American soil.
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Matthew
posted 12/14/09 @ 3:24 PM EST
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