Monday, March 4, 2013

Provide Common Defense - Learning

The current war has not affected me much besides frequently seeing things on TV about it. Though almost everyone I know knows someone who is either in Afghanistan or died in battle which is pretty depressing. I believe that what Obama has done to defeat many al Qaeda leaders with the beginning help of President George W. Bush was a huge success for the American people and now that 20 of the 30 big al Qaeda leaders are dead, it is only smart to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. To me, it does make sense to keep some troops in Afghanistan to keep peace among the country. I agree with President Barack Obama on keeping strong relationships with other countries like Israel by committing to its security and really focusing on Asia Pacific because of its potential for future growth. Sometimes I do think the U.S. gets too involved in other country’s problems, which just ends up causing more harm than good for us. I don’t know if this is possible or not but I’m sure there are situations in which the U.S. can back off a little bit. Honestly, it’s not the United States’ job to make sure there is peace and safety among all countries and I think sometimes other countries rely on the U.S. to do so because we always have. I believe that we have a lot of things to worry about and fix in our own country and to try and help out others is sometimes taking on too much.


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