Bush seeks over $10 billion in aid for Afghanistan
President Bush is asking congress for more than 10 billion dollars to pour in war torn Afghanistan. How much more money are we going to put into a war torn country that hasn't shown signs of changing in hundreds of years? Afghanistan has always been a battleground, with its rugged terrain, and different ethnic groups it is nearly impossible to control. I understand the move in regards to controlling the Taliban and terrorists, but How much money is needed to control a territory another world away? Is it worth it? I think the money could be better used domesticlly i.e. healthcare, immigration reform. We cannot change a culture into thinking capitalist, and I would'nt expect a counrty to change ideals that they have held dear long before the United States came to power.
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I agree with this, spending more money in Afghanistan is nuts! If someone came into the United States and tried to change our capitalist ideals, Americans would be upset. So why are we spending more money to impose our ideals on another country. It seems like imperialism to me. Also, why are we spending money in Afghanistan when we can not even feed every American or provide decent health-care? I think we should take care of our problems at home first.
OK, I agree with you both that it is hard to justify spending more money in Afghanistan, when we have many problems at home. But you all have to understand that Afghanistan is the place where the al Qaeda forces were intially trained. Afghanistan was a place of turmoil since the Soviet invasion, and it was because of the Taliban that the Soviet Union was destroyed. All of which was facilitated by the United States. My point is this, yes we have problems at home and yes it is hard to give more aid to a country a world away, however we are fighting a global war on terror, and wheather it is in Iraq, Iran, North Korea, or Afghanistan, we have to follow through on these tasks otherwise the credibility of the U.S. could be forever jepordized.
No they weren't gtw....as far as I know al Qaeda forces were trained and kept in Saudi Arabia initially, Afghanistan is just where they are now.
This "War on Terror" is just a big scam by Bush and his corporate buddies to siphon more money out of our pockets into theirs.
CNN just reported one of the expenses of the past year was an Olympic-sized swimming pool that was never even used.
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