Foreign Affairs (Iraq/Afghanistan)- Shanique

      Based upon the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, Mitt Romney believes that we should not be too involved in helping the Afghanis fight their war on independence. Only the Afghanis can free themselves from the Talibans. He also believes that our policy in Afghanistan should not be based solely on economic costs. "...You don't make a decision about our involvement in a conflict based on dollars and cents alone or certainly not with regards to politics." As for Obama, he is currently starting to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan. By the end of 2011, 10,000troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan. We have made much progress with the problems towards al-Qa'ida by killing 20 out of 30 of its top ten leaders.
       I believe that Foreign Affairs is the most important issue in the U.S. right now because with all our involvement in other countries, we end up spending more money. With all this extra money going towards our involvement with other countries problems, it causes more debt in our country. This leads to more budget cuts and more people losing jobs.  Also, this extra spending is affecting education because with the increase in budget cuts, tuitions are being raised, teachers are being laid off, and less school supplies are being given to schools. I do agree with what Romney is saying because the U.S. should not be helping other nations fight their independence wars. Only the people within that country can win their war.

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