While there seems to be some progress in the War on Iraq, the security situation in Afghanistan have posed a formidable challenge to foreign troops, who have been trying to secure the area against the Taliban.

President Obama has not made any major decisions yet in regards to the military strategy in Afghanistan, but already there seems to be an air of disagreement in Congress. While the President is attempting to find the “middle ground” in terms of policy, i.e. taking the best part of each strategy to form the ultimate solution, representatives in Congress seems to be engaging in the debate on a more political level. It would not be surprising to see that some of the Congress’ motivations would be to secure their political future for the next congressional election.

With the combined foreign troops over 100,000, the European nations have been reevaluating their long term strategy in the war in Afghanistan. However, there seems to be an agreement that this war might not have a definitive end in sight. It would not be all surprising to see troop pullout among the European forces in a few years, regardless of the progress.

Unfortunately, at the end of the day, the real causalities are the Afghan people.