President Bush is in Estonia today ahead of his meeting with the countries of NATO. There he met with the President Estonia and he began his mission of urging NATO allies to provide the necessary forces to fight the war in Afghanistan. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said at the 2 Day summit that "Afghanistan is Mission Possible," he also said that by 2008 NATO forces will begin transferring power to Afghani security forces. He urged that their will not be a complete withdrawal of allied forces. On Presidents Bush first meeting with NATO since the mid-term upset he said that NATO forces and countries must be prepared for anything in Afghanistan. He is referencing that these types of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can change very quickly. We may be winning the war in Afghanistan today and tomorrow we may not.
Personally I think that it is amazing how Americans barely recognize that the War in Afghanistan is still happening our media is to focused on Iraq. However I think its interesting that great success is schedule for 2008 right ahead of a Presidential election. This "success" could do 2 things, first it will allow American forces to come home and second it will shift what the American public is watching. Americans who saw the country going nowhere in the "War on Terror" will see us as victorious. As well it will allow American forces to focus completely and solely on the War in Iraq, which I doubt will be over. What do you think the end of the war in Afghanistan will mean for America?
Personally I think that it is amazing how Americans barely recognize that the War in Afghanistan is still happening our media is to focused on Iraq. However I think its interesting that great success is schedule for 2008 right ahead of a Presidential election. This "success" could do 2 things, first it will allow American forces to come home and second it will shift what the American public is watching. Americans who saw the country going nowhere in the "War on Terror" will see us as victorious. As well it will allow American forces to focus completely and solely on the War in Iraq, which I doubt will be over. What do you think the end of the war in Afghanistan will mean for America?
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