In the past ten years, the United States has helped Afghanistan tremendously, and now President Obama is planning on taking the troops out of Afghanistan. Our troops will be leaving even though they are essential in helping train Afghan soldiers how to capture and kill terrorists, so they know how to defend themselves. Although the U.S. has been a great help to Afghanistan, they still have a long way to go and will have a hard time fighting off terrorists and other hostile countries without us.
Clearly, this war has taken a toll on our economy. We have plenty of our own problems to worry about; however, it would be cowardly and un-American to bail on them now when they have already come so far. It puts a bad name on our country to think that just because we are now having complications here, our country believes we can leave the people we are helping, and that rely on us. No, Americans stand up for what’s right. We don’t leave people behind for our own benefit. If we had no intention of helping them push through to the end, we should not have gotten involved in the first place. What happens if they retaliate after we leave and try to get back at us for not helping them when they needed it most? That would cause a greater conflict than what we’re already dealing with. Obama has good intentions, but he should seriously reconsider what he might be getting the United States into.
By Kelly Beecher
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