Opinion


Home Page > Opinion > Lessons from Northern Ireland on Obama's Afghanistan decision

Lessons from Northern Ireland on Obama's Afghanistan decision

By
NIALL O'DOWD,
Irish Central.com
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 8:06 AM
Updated Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:32 AM

print this article Print
email this articleE-mail
comment on article 1 Comment
 

Forty years later: British soldiers in the North were initially sent in for a 'limited engagement'
Forty years later: British soldiers in the North were initially sent in for a 'limited engagement'


Above all I hope he knows what he is doing. It is the most difficult decision any American president has to make to put our soldiers in harm's way.

We have lost a lot of young Americans this decade. Let us hope we will not lose many more.

Last page < 1 2
​
Nster.com
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail


1 Comment

See all comments

Ajreaper | Dec 01, 2009, 12:13 PM EST
The easist thing is to bring all our troops home and not get involved in conflicts outside of our borders but is the easy thing the right thing? Isolationist policies led to our involvement in both world wars eventually so maybe being involved early saves lives in the long run- who is to say? I only hope all involved have looked at everything and weighed the costs or potential costs against what can be gained.

Report abuse

 


IrishCentral on Twitter


Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password:
 Remember me Forgot my password
Not a member? Register Now!
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail