What to do in Afghanistan

As the War in Afghanistan continues to drag on, I wonder what we should be doing to bring it to an end. There is talk for a surge in troops, which was pretty effective in Iraq, but will that same strategy work in Afghanistan? I've heard in recent reports that the Taliban has been expanding and actually recruiting more members. For an average Afghan it's actually is a pretty good option to join the Taliban, because in many cases it's either that or die. Since the US has not been able to push down the Taliban's influence it may be beneficial to bring in more troops. At the same time, the increase in troops, could potentially lead to more American deaths and also increases the already monumentally high cost of the war. I really don't know what the right solution to this problem is. Do we add troops, withdraw, or keep doing what we are doing?

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Keep them there until we get it done

reddevilsfb - 10/15/2009 - 10:28pm

i believe the more troops we withdraw from this war the more vulnerable the Americans will stand. I think the best way to win there is add troops to the American forces. This way we have oppurtunity to cover more ground and get to the main reason this all began, Osama Bin Laden.

Loser should go home

solstance - 04/08/2010 - 07:17am

What do you think that drives US foreign policy? Greediness. That's it. It is for resources and geopolitical advantages that will ensure US corporations. She went to Iraq with stupid lie which murdered innocent Iraqis, destroyed historic places. What kind of nuclear weapon was there? which US CIA director boasted?
Until now, proof says it's just a lie.

While destruction has lost lives amounting to almost a million innocent Iraqis, with the intention to grab Iraq resources and hand them over to US corporation, many so called patriotic american soldiers died meaninglessly for the corporate controlled US govt. It is more meaningfull to refuse to go for war whose only benefits the US elites than being deluled as pariot. Patriots are those who speak up against the US govt. who think millitary budgets are crazy while she can give more fundings to healtcare, education, create employment at the time of capitalism being on the brink of its demise.

In Afghan, nothing more close to victory than to shamefull loss! More troops don't effect. Will she learn from Iraq, place where she is suffering from loss and left by her allies?

30,000 troops will not make the US invincible nearing the myth by Hollywood. The moral of the resistance force of Taliban makes them stand the US millitary warfares and yet able to blow her.
If she decides to stay in the region, she will be faced with reality like how the Russian got from the jihad squad of Afghan.

It is time for American to wake up and push the US govt. to come back home. It's better to take care of home than to concentrate on invading others land. It's better to give more attention to solve unemployment rate, bankcrupty (Los Angeles is dying I heard), healtcare, education.

Perhaps either with foreing policy or with internal affairs, the US with bloody capitalism ideology will vanish.
Believe it or not.