Obama's Speech, Problems and Solutions to war in Afghanistan

There are many problems faced by the US army in Afghanistan. Here are the major issues President Obama articulated on.

1) The Taliban continuously cross the border from Afghanistan back into Pakistani Tribal zones after attacking public area's or US occupied areas. The US does not have permission to cross back into Pakistan, due to the Allied relationship between the US and Pakistan, thus creating a safe haven for Taliban members. The Pakistani army have had a low level of determination to clean out the tribal area's on the Pakistan, Afghanistan border of Taliban members creating a larger amount of Taliban control in Pakistan

2) America army squads have had a rough time trying to create a government and army, strong enough to with stand and challenge the Taliban after the departure of American troops. Elections in Afghanistan have been bamboozled, so its hard for Afghani people to support a government that can hardly make it past an election.

3) Lack of troops within afghanistan has hurt America's chances to take over the Taliban, due to the fact that American forces are fighting the Taliban in small squadrons independently. With limited Air support and small outposts, with no roads to get to and from other bases, American troops take suppressive fire day in, and day out. Also having a small group of soldiers located in a area, makes it hard to conquer a large area, and take over a part of the Taliban.

4) FEAR!!!!!! The Taliban uses fear to make sure that the local people of Afghanistan are not giving out the secrets and cooperating with American forces. As a threat, the Taliban blackmails the people, by saying if you help Americans, we will kill you, (essentially.) American forces don't have this kind of power that the Taliban has, because American forces cannot instill the same amount of fear that the Taliban can. American troops want to decrease the amount of civilians killed by US forces. Thus making it hard to implant fear within the natives minds and prove that they can protect them from the Taliban.

President Obama's plan for Afghanistan.

1) The ideal plan is to send over 30,000 troops within the next 5 months, to train the Afghan army to be strong enough to defend themselves, and to create an government that control the country that it is meant to. President Obama's game plan is to begin by sending over 30,000 troops, who will arrive shortly after Christmas. The troops will begin to withdraw after 18 months of attendance in Afghanistan. The 18 month mark will signal the beginning of withdrawal from Afghanistan. Slowly, troops will return home.

2) I believe the plan that President Obama has outlined, fits the situation to fix future problems with in Afghanistan. I like the Idea of sending enough troops into to try and help regain power for the Afghan army and government. I believe its time for the Afghan army and government to take control of their own country. Creating a stable government and army with the help of American forces will help Afghanistan as a country grow. The government will learn how to control and defeat the drug trade that the Taliban has created, and the Afghan Army will soon find a way to fight of the Taliban potentially eliminating the Taliban.