Sunday, October 18, 2009

Current Event 4: Military Seeks $1.3 Billion for Projects in Afghanistan

Background Info: This article is about whether or not the military should spend money on upgrading military bases in Afghanistan. It mentions that they have upgraded a military base in the past before. Obama's administration is still contemplating the idea of if they are even going to send any more troops out to Afghanistan so spending so much money on constructing more military bases would be a bad idea.

Summary: The military has spent so many billions of dollars on construction in the past. The administration that makes the decisions is still debating with the idea of whether or not they should make more construction for military bases. Since they are already planning on not sending any more troops who will use those military bases.

Analysis: Since the issue is so important they are all still debating on if spending that money is a good idea or not. This issue is probably not going to be solved any time soon since they have been debating on if they should take the troops out of Afghanistan for the longest time.

Comment: I believe that this is an important issue since it depends on how well the other bases have been constructed. It is beneficial that the troops have the best base to protect themselves from surprise attacks from the enemy. In my opinion they should just end the war already but since it is not going to be resolved any time soon maybe they should just construct better bases for the troops. It still depends on how well the pre-established bases are. Spending money on something that is not necessary as of right now seems like such a waste. Our country is already in so much debt they should be careful on how they spend it that's probably why they are taking so long in making their decisions in the first place.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/17/AR2009101701695.html

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