I think that it is great the Obama's get to spend some time with their family over the week. But, I also think that talking about troops and Afghanistan is getting pretty old. Yes, it's been going on for so long and we need to get out of there the right way... But can't they just make up their minds already? Do they really need to announce to the public that the announcement on more troops or not will be coming soon? Why announce an announcement? That just makes no sense to me. They could just rationally think through the situation and make a decision. Yes, it's going to take time and money, but people want to hear what is going to happen to their family members we are in the military. I think we need to decide soon on whether or not we are going to send more of our citizen's into war. We need to help the people in Afghanistan to regain control of their country from the Taliban insurgents. We need to get one step ahead of the Taliban and take over before they take over us. President Obama just really needs to make a decision on whether or not he is going to send more of our family members into war so we can prepare ourselves for the unthinkable. I hope President Obama makes the right choice for our country.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Obama returns to D.C., Afghan decision near
President Obama spent the past weekend in Chicago with family. On his return he has some pretty key issues that need to addressed. For instance, sending more troops to Afghanistan. Mr. President's press secretary says that the administration continues to review its policy towards Afghanistan. Everyone seems to be awaiting President Obama's decision on troops in Afghanistan because of how Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the President was very close to announcing his decision. Lt. Gen. David McKiernan is very supportive when it comes to adding fresh troops, he wants more fighting forces. But, for now we all have to wait for President Obama's decision before we get all excited.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Obama orders review of cybersecurity
President Obama ordered a 60-day review of our nation's cybersecurity Monday. Obama appointed former Bush administration aide, Melissa Hathaway, to head the cybersecurity review effort. Obama wants everything looked at to prevent an attack on our cyber infrastructure. Obama criticized former President George W. Bush's efforts on protecting this information. Obama's aides have looked at this proposal and some think he should keep his pledge for a czar, other think it should go to the Homeland Security Department. A senior administrations official would not say whether or not a cyber czar would be permanent after the review. Hathaway's review will include everything that has been done and ways to improve what we are doing now.
I think that having a review on our nation's nation cybersecurity is a great idea. President Obama compared the cyber threats we received during the Bush administration to nuclear and/or biological threats. This is not a good thing. We should not be having the same amount of threats to our cyber world as with nuclear weapons. It would be chaos if someone could log onto a computer and shut down an entire country with one click of a button. That would be terrible. I think it would be a very good idea to continue with reviewing and definitely improving our nation's security. If we cannot improve our security, what can we improve? If we are not safe from the worry of an attack, how could we live our lives? We should not have to worry about our information on passports, taxes, or anything in the nature every time we fill out a form for the government. That is just something that we as Americans should not have to worry about. It should be a guaranteed right to not have our information read or used against us when it comes to our government asking for it. I believe President Obama has a very good idea when it comes to reviewing our nation's cybersecurity.
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