Pros And Cons Of Bringing The Troops Home

The United States needs to bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Their reasons for being at war are invalid because American company in the foreign countries is insubstantial; the U.S. government cannot afford the continuous costs of war, and has lost sight of aims. It is time to bring our forces home. American presence in their countries is not making a significant difference. Military and foreign policy experts agree that there is no military solution in Afghanistan, and that “any lasting solution must involve a negotiated peace settlement.” This means that American actions overseas are not going to impact their relationships with other countries. CIA Director Leon Panetta has confirmed that Al-Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan is severely diminished. Occupying states and nation-building do
The nation is spending over $100 billion a year on an endless war when we should be focused on our own economic recovery. The President announced a “significant and sizable reduction” in July of 2011, and now it is time to bring them all home completely. A study has shown that every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying $11.26 million for the total cost of both wars since 2001. By bringing the troops home, the national debt can begin the reduction process. The war overseas is causing the United States to go deeper and deeper into debt.
As a result of so many negative factors, the United States has lost a clear reason for why we are at war. Winston Churchill described the conflict of war as a “supreme emergency.” The kind of war being conducted in Afghanistan today falls outside of the definition. America also has no terms regarding what a satisfactory conclusion might look like. The forces will never know when the goal has been met, because the visions have now been blurred. The nation should not be fighting a war without great reason and clear