Analysis: By Padmini Arhant
From the earlier data, it is conclusive that since the inception of the Afghan war, the constant flow of funding and the troops surge has remained the routine build up in the ill-conceived ‘so-called’ war on terror. The long fought war in the past eight years and previously against the Soviets should provide the U.S. defense a concise idea about the Afghan terrains, terrorists’ hideouts and other relevant operational tactics by the Talibans and the Al-Qaida forces.
Please follow link http://www.padminiarhant.com for the rest of the article.
Thank you.
Padmini Arhant
It has become obvious now that we shouldn't have invaded Iraq in first place and stayed in focus in Pakistan and Afghanistan where the real threat was and still is. As the situation gets worse in Afghanistan and the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the International Security Force (NATO) and the US have realized that the focus should be put back in that region.
Sometimes I am trying to understand why we changed our focus from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iraq when we knew that that terrorists are getting their trainings from Afghanistan/Pakistan area, receive their educations from the schools (madrassas) in Pakistan, mostly mobilized in Pakistan/Afghanistan, the leadership of the terrorists hang out around those borderless area, attack the US bases and Nato forces inside Afghanistan, and much more... but we still decided NOT to focus in that area instead we have created another recruiting center in Iraq- it simply doesn't make sense.
Refocusing in Afghanistan and Pakistan may not be as easy ride as we had the opportunity after we drove the Taliban (Afghan/Pakistani extremist, ISI Influence, and Al Qaida group) out of Afghanistan. We may even need much more resources and greater support of the NATO to get us just where we were 6 years ago in Afghanistan. As our attention was in Iraq, the so called "democratic elected Afghan government", has been transformed to a corrupt entity that has lost the support of its people and the "hope" of a better tomorrow is getting deminished in Afghanistan. We have lost the support and the excitement that we had generated among the Afghan people after the defeat of Taliban and Al Qaida six years ago, but we have no other option than focusing back in a region where the terrorist initially planned and attacked us on 9/11.
I believe strongly that Barack Obama has a better idea on keeping us safe. He has repeatedly requested that we should focus in Afghanistan and Pakistan and send more troops in Afghanistan.He will focus in Pakistan and Afghanistan where the real threat was and still is when he is the President of the United States of America.
I belong to the Knitters for Obama group on Ravelry and we're knitting up an afghan which will be raffled off. All proceeds will go to the Obama campaign. I'm excited because this all began as a little "what if?" in the back of my brain just a few weeks ago. Now it's this awesome project which several knitters across the United States are contributing to in order to raise funds for the campaign.
I'm even more excited because regardless of the fact that at this moment my family is going through the worse financial crisis that we've ever gone through, I'm able to still do my part in helping to raise money for a worthy cause. Personally I have not been able to donate more than $10 to the campaign, but through organizing this project I hope that I will help our group raise at least $2000 if not more.
I'm sure that I won't post here often, but I will definitely keep you all updated as to the progress afghan and our fundraising efforts.
