Adam Wall

 

It’s over boys

 

            So I try to avoid the situation in Afghanistan as much as possible, it was pointless and wasted so much money but something probably needed to be done. One thing that everyone seems to agree with is getting out of there as fast as possible because we are losing a lot of reputation and money at alarming rates. This month Obama finally announced the war is over in Afghanistan.  After 13 years of accomplishing nothing, the war is finally over. Well what America did accomplish is the fact that we spent about a trillion dollars and let solders go to Afghanistan to die for what might be nothing.

 

            At least it’s over now right? Obama finally got everyone out of that country and our solders are all home. Nope, I really do wish we were all out.  But United States influence, although on paper is technically over, is far from done in Afghanistan. Troops, recourses and other things will still take years to remove; we will still have a presence in Afghanistan for a long time. Afghanistan is such a difficult situation that seems impossible to solve. I recently read “The Kite Runner” an amazing book, it also gave a lot of insight on Afghanistan before the Taliban and how the Taliban took over. I feel sorry for a lot of Afghan people who are against the Taliban, I feel sorry for our government who is in a tough situation between finally getting out of that country and remaining as far away from the problem as possible. The people who cause these problems are terrible, to everyone, including their own. It’s sad, they might not have the best weapons or brains but yet they still find a way to control parts of a country while the world’s largest army is trying to stop them. A lot of people are suffering in Afghanistan and there is little the United States can do about it so getting as far away from the problem, although unlikely, is probably the best choice for now. So lets not totally hate on our leaders, sure they’ve made some terrible choices but they are in a extremely stressful and difficult situation. Afghanistan and the middle east is probably never going to get better, peace sounds and probably is impossible due to historical and religious hate towards groups of people.