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01-15-2003, 08:02 AM
By Michael A. Minton
GOPUSA News
January 15, 2003
(GOPUSA News) -- When thinking of rebuilding Afghanistan, several words come to mind: Stonehenge; the Great Pyramids; the Grand Canyon, just to name a few. There is no question that rebuilding Afghanistan is going to being a monumental task.
The first thing that has to be done, is to bring stability to the region. Obviously, the first phase of stabilizing Afghanistan has been under way since October 2001, when the first bombs started falling in the war on terror. The Taliban regime, and al Qaeda had to be driven out. For the most part, this objective has been accomplished.
Since the fall of the Taliban, one of the main objectives has been to rebuild an Afghan army. In the initial planning stages, Afghanistan is expected to have an army 70,000 troops strong. The United States helped train and equip 1,600 of these soldiers. The U.S. will also assist by contributing $16 million for military infrastructure. And by February, 2003, U.S. military forces in Afghanistan will expend 75% of it's effort on the reconstruction of security services and on supporting civil reconstruction.
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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">We're liberators, not conquerors, here in America. Every life matters, whether it be an American life or the life of an Afghan girl," President Bush said in Little Rock, AR late last summer.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
The US has rebuilt nearly every country where it's ever been involved in a war. IMO, it's one of the very important things that sets us apart from the rest of the world.
GOPUSA News
January 15, 2003
(GOPUSA News) -- When thinking of rebuilding Afghanistan, several words come to mind: Stonehenge; the Great Pyramids; the Grand Canyon, just to name a few. There is no question that rebuilding Afghanistan is going to being a monumental task.
The first thing that has to be done, is to bring stability to the region. Obviously, the first phase of stabilizing Afghanistan has been under way since October 2001, when the first bombs started falling in the war on terror. The Taliban regime, and al Qaeda had to be driven out. For the most part, this objective has been accomplished.
Since the fall of the Taliban, one of the main objectives has been to rebuild an Afghan army. In the initial planning stages, Afghanistan is expected to have an army 70,000 troops strong. The United States helped train and equip 1,600 of these soldiers. The U.S. will also assist by contributing $16 million for military infrastructure. And by February, 2003, U.S. military forces in Afghanistan will expend 75% of it's effort on the reconstruction of security services and on supporting civil reconstruction.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0115_afghanistan.sht ml)
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">We're liberators, not conquerors, here in America. Every life matters, whether it be an American life or the life of an Afghan girl," President Bush said in Little Rock, AR late last summer.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
The US has rebuilt nearly every country where it's ever been involved in a war. IMO, it's one of the very important things that sets us apart from the rest of the world.