The war in Afghanistan is yet another drain on the United States. Our economy cannot afford to fund several wars let alone one war. After fighting the same war for eight years, I think it is time to step back and realize we are not gaining any ground. The war started with huge gains and made a huge impact on the Taliban, but we have since lost the foothold.

The military is asking for more troops, because the enemy is getting more sophisticated. How could they not be? We have been in the same war for eight years, even a child would learn how to out maneuver a military force in that amount of time. The reason we entered into the country and initiated a war, was to find Osama Bin Laden, we still have not managed to do that. The Taliban is quickly gaining the upper hand, and we are going to lose more troops to this ridiculous war.

We have bigger fish to fry in this war on terrorism. We are going to get caught in a bad position, if we continue to drain our military resources on wars that are getting us nowhere. We are still fighting the war in Iraq and now must be ready to deal with North Korea’s threats. It is time to get this war in Afghanistan over. The President needs to protect the United States, and stop wasting our valuable military on a war that has no end in sight.

The Afghanistan people do not want the Americans or any other foreigners in their land. That is their choice. It is their choice to provide shelter to terrorists, and they must be dealt with accordingly. The terrorists are killing more of their own civilians then the war itself. Enough of the military presence that is being projected, the presence needs to be assertive and get this thing done with already. The war was intended to go in, get some bad guys and get the heck out. There is just no reason to stick around for eight years waiting for them to show up.