America sends $97 Million in Equipment and 30,000 Extra Troups to Afghanistan

Article about Navistar's $97 million order.

• Navistar is a holding company whose individual units provide integrated and best-in-class transport solutions.
• Works closely with the American government
• Navistar received $97 million in orders form the U.S. Army for vehicles and supplies to be used in Afghanistan.
• The orders included 265 troop transport vehicles, 160 buses, and 829 kits to protect from rocket propelled grenades.
• Vehicles will support armies in Afghanistan and national police mission
• The buses will carry afghan troops and equipment throughout the country
• Deliveries of these products are said to be completed by fall of 2012
• America already had roughly 70,000 troops in Afghanistan, and Obama recently sent 30,000 more. Making the total American troops, 100,000

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Other countries are following in Americas footsteps and sending more troops to Afghanistan. PM Gordon Brown of Britain said they Britain would send 500 more troops, totaling their number to 10,000. France, as usually, is disagreeing with America and has decided not to send any extra troops. They currently have 3,900 people in Afghanistan. By sending more supplies to Afghanistan, America is just making the war worse. They are fueling the afghan’s anger by fighting harder.	The 97 million dollars put into the war, raises the current trillion dollar deficit in America, higher. This order by the U.S. Army to Navistar sent the Navistar stock up 57 cents to close at $68.21 the day the news of it came out.	The people of USA and Afghanistan are both scared The people of the USA are scared because this means they are going further into the war, and many of them really don’t want to continue fighting in Afghanistan The people of Afghanistan are afraid because the USA has been an intrusive force in their lives and they don’t like the meddling. They are also upset about the number of civilian casualties.

Controversial

How did this issue start?

How should it be resolved?

The issue arose when the war in Afghanistan started, which was on October 7, 2001. It began shortly after the September 11 attacks on the USA and causes the USA to retaliate against the terrorist groups in Afghanistan. The Americans are still angry with Afghanistan (not to mention Iraq and Iran) and continue to fight out of that anger. America also likes to keep the world on its feet by continually proving their ‘tough’ role in the world.

The USA and Afghanistan should come to an agreement and stop the fighting. This sounds like a dream, but really, is the best way to go about doing it. The US could also just finish their work in Afghanistan, by finishing off the terrorist groups that originally lead the attacks on 911.

My Opinion

In my opinion, I don’t think America, or any country for that matter should be sending troops into Afghanistan, especially not an extra 30,000. I think that the $97 million sent into Afghanistan was a waste of money, because I don’t see the war ending with more fighting. I think that all countries involved, America and Afghanistan especially should have a conference at some world headquarters and discuss why they are still fighting. It was sad yes, horrible even, but the terrorist attacks have (for the most part) stopped. We are, currently, losing too many soldiers to make this a worth while war.