The United States 's Military Participation

During ISIS’s rise to power, there have been several key players, which have influenced the growth or decline of its movement. The center of Gravity (COG) for ISIS has been its ability to recruit volunteer foreign fighters from around to engage in its caliphate. In addition, local people from Iraqi, Syrian, and other Nations have been key players because of ISIS’s efforts promote fear and violence against their family or communities. Sunnis and Shia countries focused on regional power and security. Furthermore, the U.S. and its 70 Allies through Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign aim to defeat ISIS and promoting regional stability. The last key players are rival terrorist franchises or organizations like AQ, Taliban, Al Shabaab, and Hamas

For over 2 centuries, Afghanistan has known virtually no time without war. Beginning around 326 B.C. with the conquests of Alexander the Great, to the Persians, British, Russians and most recently, America and our NATO allies, Afghanistan has been cultivated into the country that it is today through a trial by fire. Regardless of this relentless onslaught of foreign military power, the Afghan people have tirelessly defended their homeland with no outside power ever being able to subdue them completely. Following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union in 1989, the country fell into civil war, torn even further apart by fiercely dedicated tribal warlords. This power vacuum led to the rise of a group called the Taliban. Led by a one eyed man

For the past 13 years the United States has been involved in the Afghanistan war, and the reasons for the continuation of the Afghanistan war are very blurry. Not only are the reasons for the United States to fight the war blurry, but it seems the the cost vs. benefit of fighting the war do not equal. Only

1. In President Obama’s speech at West Point, he announced that 30,000 additional troops would be sent to Afghanistan. He made this decision because he said it was vital to the United States’ national interest. The vital national interest at risk in President Obama’s address is the security and safety of the American people as well as the “security of our allies and the common security of the world.” By involving the military and increasing the troop strength, President Obama can achieve the objectives of his strategy. His objectives are to keep the Taliban from becoming powerful, prevent them from government rule, improve Afghanistan security forces and government so they can manage their own country and prevent Al Qaeda from

According to the New York Times, troops in Afghanistan are still heavily reliant on their American counterparts for training, technological resources and intelligence (Mazetti & Shear). While it may be necessary for American troops to be present in an effort to gain intelligence and stabilize activity in the area, we are not there to build their nation. America needs to reduce the number of troops in harms way and reduce the spending for another nation, especially when our budget doesn’t allow for such luxuries.

The War in Afghanistan has been an all consuming conflict for the US government since we started to launch air strikes on October 7, 2001. This is a conflict that’s been brewing since before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This war has the continuation of past conflicts in it, conflicts that can be connected a good deal to the interference of other large powers, such as the USSR. From keeping an eye on the oil reserves, pressuring Iran, and keeping Pakistan stable, our interests and motives for occupying Afghanistan are undeniably laced with many ulterior motives, providing us with the issue of unfavorable opinion and our interests being the source of terrorist attacks. Afghanistan is a country that has been plagued with

Currently, the United States military is drawing down from thirteen years of sustained combat operations in two different countries: Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Throughout this period of time, millions of veterans, as well as support personnel, have been deeply influenced by the dramatic effects of modern warfare. These individuals have knowingly and willingly sacrificed a tremendous amount – in thousands of cases, their lives. For those that do return, a vast number face difficulty regarding their mental health; however, this is not solely due to exposure to combat. As these individuals return home from the combat theater and separate from active duty military service, they often find

In 2003, the U.S. government realized how important political and cultural support was to the counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. An Afghan regional official claimed that Afghanistan was on the right track for a stable government and begged the United States not to leave the theater, claiming that Afghanistan would lose progress if the U.S. withdrew their political support and local outreach to the public. The Afghan population is able to interact with U.S. presence in their country, allowing them

The Counter Insurgency operations in Vietnam have taught the U.S. a lot that can be applied to Afghanistan. According to Phillips (2015) “Although our understanding and steadfast support can make a significant difference, ultimate success depends on

The current problem that is occurring in Afghanistan is the fact that American soldiers are over at Afghanistan right now. After the 9/11 attack, President George W. Bush puts together a plan to attack Afghanistan. America sends over a warning, to either turn over Osama bin Laden, the man in charge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, or we 'll bomb you. After Afghanistan refused to turn him over, due to lack of evidence that he was in charge of the 9/11 attacks, America, with the help of it’s allies, countries like the United Kingdom and the Northern Alliance, bombed Afghanistan. Through all of this madness, Osama bin Laden escaped. After all the stuff that just happened in Afghanistan, President George W. Bush called for America to “reconstruct Afghanistan”. This would include going over there, building a new government, and helping the people of Afghanistan to live a nonviolent life. After a decade of America being in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden being killed, and two new presidents in Afghanistan, we are left with a big problem, American soldiers are still in Afghanistan, and we have no idea when they will be able to come back. We can not just take some helicopters, fly over to Afghanistan, pick up our troops, and fly back to America. The reason why we can’t is because Afghanistan’s government is too unstable. Another problem with American troops being stuck in Afghanistan are that the Taliban

IN NATIONAL NEWS… A FEW THOUSAND TROOPS ARE REPORTED TO BE NEEDED TO ASSIST IN THE TERMINATION OF THE STALEMATE TAKING PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN. SENIOR U.S. MILITARY COMMANDER TOLD LAWMAKERS LAST WEEK THAT RUSSIAN MEDDLING IS COMPLICATING THE COUNTERTERRORISM FIGHT… ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE HERALD REVIEW… GENERAL JOHN NICHOLSON… COMMANDER OF U.S. FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN MADE THIS CASE ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES SENATE COMMITTEE. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN HAS NOW BEEN ACTIVE FOR 16 YEARS… HE DISCUSSED HOW MORE EFFORTS ARE SAID TO BE NECESSARY TO TRAIN AND ADVISE THE AFGHAN MILITARY. AN APPROXIMATE 8,400 U.S. TROOPS ARE CURRENTLY STEERING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS AGAINST INSURGENTS

In an age when mankind has the ability to completely annihilate itself through nuclear combat, war can be a more terrifying and powerful thought than ever before. Unfortunately, because of the extent of the actions that the Taliban has committed against both America and its own followers, the United States’ war against terrorism seems to be a necessity. I do feel, however, as if there are many things that can be done by the American government in the near future to peacefully approach a more civil and politically involved Afghanistan. Although my feelings on a war against terrorism are mixed, I do feel that significant actions must be taken in order to restrict the spread of

The war in Afghanistan has been going on since 2001 and even though troop levels have dropped below 10,000, it continues to be a dangerous area as shown by last month’s attack which wounded three service members and last week’s death of a special operations Soldier. Afghanistan has challenges that are different from many other parts of the world in that there are large portions of the country that are sparsely populated and which lends it to be governed by local tribes rather than by the regional government. This, coupled with the fact that there are not enough Afghan National Police (ANP) or Afghan National Army (ANA) to cover all of this territory underscores that need for Civil Affairs to maintain the civil-military relationship keeping

See this isn’t our problem yet because they are planning but they haven’t done it yet. So the United States military should just get prepared and stop this war. Because is this all necessary to really to keep this war going, it’s been eight years really they should just don’t send the troops. Ok also before the twin towers were destroyed, Afghanistan had more problems with their neighbor they were going to get in a war and that’s when the United States got involved and tried to stop that war from happening. Like they shouldn’t have gotten involved because probably when they destroyed the Twins Towers was because they were nosy and got involved on what was not any of their business. So yea they really shouldn’t gotten into that problem because now we, the United States, are the ones who are suffering from all this. Many would argue that the story of how 9/11 came about goes back, at least, to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, with which it shares a border. Afghanistan had experienced several problems since 1973, when the Afghanistan monarchy was overthrown by Daud Khan, who was sympathetic to Soviet overtures. An unsuspected attack reflected struggles within Afghanistan among factions with different ideas about how Afghanistan should be governed and whether it should be communist, and with the problems with the Soviet Union. The Soviets intervened following the overthrow of a pro-communist leader. In late December 1979, after several months

In the support of the war in Afghanistan and operations against the Taliban, Islamic State militants and other insurgents, allies have come short sending additional troops to Afghanistan. According to NATO officials they have come short more than 90 percent of the military requirements planned out to increase their troop contributions and support. Many other states have been encouraged to agree to increase their share in the commitments, but it seems that the U.S has been the only one making up for slack. NATO and the U.S are still in discussion with nations that are looking at an increase above the initial one given at the force generation conference. To fill in the critical NATO gaps for training missions in Afghanistan they need close