The War is Over....not.

        USA Today reports that NATO and the top U.S. commander are asking for 2,000 more troops to help join forces with the over 140,000 troops already in Afghanistan. Didn’t Obama say something about the war being over? Now I know most of these troops are there to train the local army in tactics and what not, but isn’t the idea of ending a war to start bringing troops home? His speech last Tuesday sounded very convincing that we were going to bring troops home to their families. Yes, I know we can not just pull the troops out right away, when Obama says its time “to turn the page” allowing more troops to go over to Afghanistan not even a week later is not my idea of turning a page, well maybe backwards. I just don’t get why the most powerful man in our country is so dumb. He has the power to tell NATO that he will not send any troops, and let the 28 countries that are also apart of NATO send their own troops. But apparently if we don’t send our troops then we are the bad guys. This is ridiculous, if you want to bring your troops home start by not sending more! U.S. tax payers have already spent more then 1 trillion dollars funding this war and sending more troops could cost us even more. But hey what’s another million and half-dollars to us? Maybe we can use our taxes to buy a “How to stop a war” book for our beloved president. Just say no to NATO, I know we will have forces there for years to come but please Mr.Obama please just make good on your promise to end the war and just start doing it.

-Jason Cuzzupe