How President Obama Reached His Decision

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/asia/06reconstruct.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

This is a long read but very well worth it. I was skeptical about the President's decision but I am beginning to come around to seeing that he does not intend this to be another Vietnam. I still have some doubts since we have been there eight years and have not been able to bring this war to a successful close. Our Nation has many serious financial burdens and these wars are adding to that burden. At $30 billion dollars a year, this money could solve many of our problems and make funding health care much easier. Although I say this, it seems odd that money spent on wars does not always translate to money available for other things when the wars end. At some point,the American public is going to rebel. It may happen at next year's mid-term election or it may come at the next presidential election. Only time will tell if this new war effort was the right choice...