“We will have a clear definition of victory, attacking our enemies, obliterating ISIS, crushing Al Qaeda, preventing the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan, and stopping mass terror attacks against America before they emerge.”
In President Trump’s speech on the war in Afghanistan, he told America that we will be going after radical Islam. Allying with India against Pakistan and China, he did not say specifically China, but he spoke of Americas South Asia Strategy and Indo-Pacific security. This does not mean war with China, but India and China have been fighting over land as well as China breaking our agreement saying they would not expand when taking the South China Sea.
Trump’s reason to keep going with war makes sense. His reasoning is that with a pulling out of the troops, the terrorists will regroup and gain power and land again. There is a historical reason for this, Obama left Iraq after getting rid of the terrorists, and then they retook much of the land America fought hard and died to liberate.
Instead, he has chosen to hammer them with full military power at the hands of the generals, as he has taken out restrictions that hindered their abilities. This is an excellent way to make our soldiers be able to do their job and be successful in the war, hopefully, to end it quickly.
There will be no more time tables for goals or attacks, only goals that are governed by what is happening on the ground. We will no longer be talking about attacks before they happen, the enemy should not know what will happen next.
The most satisfying thing said in this speech was Trump talking against nation building. “We are not nation building again, we are killing terrorists” We shall let Afghanistan govern itself, and he also has required Afghanistan to help more financially and militarily against the enemy.
Trump made a great decision to take all funding away from Pakistan due to their harboring of terrorists.
Trump also said, “We will make common cause with any nation that chooses to stand and fight along side us against this global threat” Could this mean Russia or Syria is open to joining us against terror?
This is all good for winning the war, with this plan I am sure that this war will be dealt with swiftly. This is the real way to win a war