• "We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a
timetable for withdrawal", Sarah Palin's words clearly reflect
her support of President Obama's decision but at the same time
signals her frustration with the latter's hesitation in adopting
a surge strategy in the country.
 
• Palin is positive about winning in Afghanistan by
motivating, training and empowering the Afghan forces to 'build a
stable representative state able to defend itself.'
 
• She said that the United States should do everything
possible to turn the responsibility over to the Afghan government
so that the people can live there in peace without the
interference of America. This should be the 'ultimate goal' of
the US on Afghan soil.
 
• Palin reminds that the September 11 attacks were planned
in Afghanistan. Not making the US power felt in the country will
encourage Al Qaeda and the Taliban to impose their cruelty on the
people of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
 
• America needs to be fully prepared to win, according to
Palin. She says that the whole world is watching the US, ready to
point a finger if America is not able to protect their interests
in Afghanistan.
 
• Palin was deeply disturbed by Obama's alleged comment
that troops in Afghanistan were "air raiding villages and killing
civilians."
		

• "I intend to finish the job", said President Obama, eight
years after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre,
referring to America's national interest to "dismantle and
destroy" the Al-Qaida terrorist and extremist ally networks
 
• Announcing the deployment of 30,000 more US troops to
Afghanistan in early 2010 and the withdrawal of all forces by
late 2011, Obama is positive about finishing America's
international involvement in the eight-year Afghanistan war and
subsequently hand over the fight to the Government of Kabul
 
• Obama's new war-against-terror strategy fulfills three
objectives: Deny Al Qaeda as a safe haven, reverse the momentum
of the Taliban and reinforce Afghanistan's security forces.
 
• "The Taliban has gained momentum and the Al Qaeda has
retained their safe-havens along the border," Obama said at the
U.S. Military Academy. He thus stressed on the need to make
Afghanistan stable if US is to succeed in denying the Taliban's
capabilities to overthrow the Afghan government and uphold
America's vision of world peace. 
 
• Urging the need to prevent the cancerous terrorist
forces from spreading throughout Afghanistan and creeping towards
the borders of Pakistan, Obama said that his war strategy is
designed to work on both sides of the Afghan-Pak border
 
• At the same time he assures that the US will not turn
its back to Afghanistan and shall continue to maintain an
American presence in the country to ensure that no terrorist
attack ensues from a vantage point on the soils of Afghanistan or
Pakistan
 
• Obama clearly stated that "America has no interest in
fighting an endless war in Afghanistan."