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English 101
Mr. O’Connell
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The United States commenced military operations in Afghanistan in Oct.
2001 in response to the September 11 terrorist attack on U.S soil. The
states goal was to ensure that al Qaeda terrorist training camp and
military installations of the Taliban Regime were put out of
operation. Upon taking office in Jan. 2009, President Obama announced
that he was evaluating strategy plans toward Afghanistan and
Pakistan. Since his speech in March 2009, Obama has reevaluated a new
strategy plan that added additional troops in Afghanistan.
Obama’s new strategy is correctly intended to rectify the previous
administration missteps in foreign policy by implementing and
aggressive and comprehensive multifaceted strategy that escalates our
civilian and military effort in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In his 2009 book “Limits of Power”, Andrew Becevich wrongly claims the
US should get out of Afghanistan. Unlike Iraq, they too want US out.
Bacevich’s argument can provide common ground for fixing American’s
urgent problem before the damage becomes irreparable. American policy
he concludes must recover the lost art of strategy by distinguishing
strategy from ideology and recognized that the US military has both
limited resources and limited impact. Bacevich warns that there are
always unintended consequences of war that should keep us very
cautious in our political agenda. Although Bacevich places a large
share of the blame on the American people and say that nothing is
likely to change in regards to the well established American habitat
of Profligacy. I think Bacevich’s main conservative point is that if
we do this, we will be better able to protect American’s ideal of
freedom instead of being intertwined and behold to other countries to
determined our destiny. Becevich is certainly is correct in a sense,
the we haven’t seen much of an institutionalized challenge that the
policymakers monitor the military agencies involved or informed the
public.
The United States is an extremely powerful country and it has already
declared itself in the state of war.
In conclusion, there are no quick fixes to achieve U.S. national
security interest in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The danger of failure
is real and the implications are grave will require immediate action,
and sustain commitment and substantial resources the U.S is
recommended to working with our partners in the addressing the
challenges but essential security goal.