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Robert Gates Domenic T   A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs. inconsistently used •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited-- Note Done •Post your entry on the wiki by Friday, December 9th.
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1. Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan. Credit source 2. Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan. Your answer should address following bullet points: Incomplete answer-- Some generally addressed without supporting evidence •Why is he/she interested in Afghanistan? Is it personal, political, social, economic, religious, humanitarian, etc? •How was this person affected when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan •How has this person been affected by the United States presence in Afghanistan? •How would this person's life change if the United States left Afghanistan abruptly? 3. How would your person answer the question: When should the United States leave Afghanistan? No evidence

Robert Gates is the former secretary of defense, from 2006 to june of 2011; Gates attended the College of William and Mary. Barack Obama chose Gates to be the secretary of defense because he was widely credible for putting Washington's Iraq war policies on the right track to a successful outcome, although he still considers himself a republican. Gates was in charge of the death of the al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin-Laden. Robert Gates is more than credible for what needs to happen in Afghanistan because he has almost more experience than anybody in decisions in Iraq.  Robert Gates believes that we will never leave the war in Afghanistan, although he thinks we should start moving out of the Afghanistan. He said, "Were not leaving Afghanistan prematurely, in fact were no ever leaving at all ". He then argues to say that we have spent to much money and sacrificed to many lives to just "leave" before the country is stable. Gates thinks that once we do start to export our troops out of Afghanistan that we should leave our combat troops to be last for security purposes. But he thinks that the second that we leave Afghanistan that the Taliban will just come in and invade them once again, which will eliminate all of our work. With Afghanistan being in such an economical depression leaving without them being stable would result in them being invaded again. If Mr. Gates where to answer the question, should we stay or leave in Afghanistan? He would say that it would be a mistake to leave to prematurely without securing their government to be stable. Many reasons for this is because we support them with our aid, which is keeping them together as a whole because the U.S is almost all the aid they get foreignly. The Taliban would just invade the country once we leave and take over, unless we stay until at least 2014 to make decisions from there to wether they can handle themselves on their own.

