I think the situation is a bit more complicated than just oil. Nothing we have done over there has helped the people we were attempting to help. We have nothing to show for, just look at Iraq. That country is on the brink of civil war right now, but you won’t hear that on the news because it will just prove what a failure everything over there was.  That is what happens when the military is used for political gain and not what they were created for. It is also the cause of politicians making decisions that they know nothing of. I fear the same thing will happen in Afghanistan.

The real problem here is that we are basically trying to be friends with people who for the most part do not want to be friends with us. We cannot simply just roll up there and “give” them freedom and Democracy. They have to want it and stand up for it, but they don’t. Those who do want us there expect us to give it to them. Unfortunately that is not how it works. Every nation that has ever existed has at one point stood up to another for their freedom and independence or have had revolutions within. Their time came and the people stood up and took it. In the Middle East they have yet to really do so (those protests that we see on tv have not changed anything if not just made things worst). Until then nothing we do will help them. They as a whole have to stand up to the terrorists in their countries. Us teaching their armies only puts them in danger as well as our soldiers, because they turn around and shoot our soldiers or lead them to ambushes as well as use their new found training to rule over the people in their country. I have since come to believe that it is a lost cause and only they can save themselves, if any of this makes sense. I do hope though, that their time does come and that they are able to fix their countries for the better.