Decision Making Time for the U.S. National Government

Our U.S. nation government is needs to make some tough decisions regarding the Afghanistan and Iraq eight-year war, and they need to make these decisions thoroughly, but quickly too. Recently there have been many controversies about this eight-year war that is continuing in Afghanistan and there are many unanswered questions, there are many concerns, and basically the decision making process is very difficult right now. Whether or not to send more troops over is an obvious question, but the difficult question is whether or not this is going to help the troops there now. It easily might not work, but it also could easily work.

Since October is being labeled the deadliest month in this war, the U.S. government needs to do something about it. Should they send more troops over to protect certain cities, regional highways and the Helmand River valley? I think not. This decision is a tossup and I honestly don’t think it’s a good idea and I don’t think it will work or help. If President Obama agrees to send more troops over, it could possibly lead to more and more deaths and it could possibly extend the war way longer then we need it to. The argument President Obama’s advisers are making is if we don’t send more troops, then more people will die. But, wouldn’t it only make sense if we sent more people over that there is a greater chance that our soldiers will get hurt and possibly die, because we’re now giving Afghanistan troops a larger target.

They key that our U.S. government needs to take into considerations is by keeping our troops best interest in mind. As well as really thinking about if our country needs this. I think we don’t need this at all. We need to protect our troops and soldiers. Even though they want to send these new troops to these specific cities in Afghanistan, we can still do that now with our remaining troops over there. We do not need back up or any more troops to be sent. And if we don’t send troops over there it is going to save more people as well as having the remaining troops over there fight it out, and a major factor is that it will save the U.S. money.

This is a huge gamble our government has to take and I think they’re really going to screw up things if they send more troops. The outcome is unpredictable and it is a choice the government has to make. I hope they make the right choice by not sending more troops over so we can end this war as soon as possible.