Excerpt:Last night, President Obama spoke before cabiner members and high ranking military leaders as well as the cadets at West Point military academy about the ongoing effort in Afghanistan.
The tone of President Obama's speech was sober and pragmatic. The speech outlined the history of the United States invasion into Afghanistan, reminding the country that it was Afghanistan where the September 11 attacks on the United States were hatched.
He also reminded the audience that going into Afghanistan was supported by the United States after 9/11, as well as Nato and other nations of the world. He said, that America, its allies and the world were acting as one to destroy Al Queda's network. "And only after the Taliban refused to turn over Osama bin Laden, we sent our troops into Afghanistan."
The President continued.
"Within a matter of months, Al Queda was scattered, and many of its operatives were killed. The Taliban was driven from power and pushed back on its heels."
President Obama reminded the audience that after a provisional government was put into place in Afghanistan, things were looking up in Afghanistan.
To read the rest of the article, click on the link at the top. To go straight to the slideshow, click here.But then in 2003, the debate began on whether or not to wage a second war in Iraq. For the next six years, the Iraq war drew the majority of our resources, troops and national debate and the war in Afghanistan was all but forgotten except by the troops who were left there and their families.
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