Eric's Middle East News

“Sixteen Years and Counting.” The Economist, vol. 424, no. 9055, 26 Aug. 2017, p. 30.

During the month of August President Trump decided to change his mind. He decided to send more troops into Afghanistan instead if his original idea of withdrawing the rest of the troops. The change also made it so the war generals don't have to report back to Washington D.C when they make any attacks which allows more freedom and control. They also made it so they don't have a time limit of how long the troops will be there so the Taliban can't just wait the troops out. This article relates to our class learning because it deals with all the wars going on in the Middle East.