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 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-- both are inaccurately formatted. •Post your entry on the wiki by Friday, December 9th.

1. Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan. not organized in power paragraphs 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?

Corbin Dennis Mrs. Sidor When Should The U.S. Leave Afghanistan? December 9th, 2011

**Lara Olsen**
 * Research Fellow, Center for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary**

Lara Olsen is a research fellow at the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. She has fifteen years of experience working with operational relief with Non Government Organizations or NGOs. Ms. Olsen has a Masters degree in International Politics from the London School of Economics. She focuses her research on conflict management and peace building. “At the University of Calgary, Ms. Olsen teaches graduate level courses and advises students on human security, peace building, and NGOs.” (University of Calgary)

Ms. Olsen is interested in Afghanistan from a humanitarian view. She wrote in her paper “Fighting for Humanitarian Space: NGOs in Afghanistan” that “fifty percent of children in Afghanistan are malnourished” and “a fifth of children die before they reach the age of five.” (Fighting for Humanitarian Space: NGOs in Afghanistan) Also, most of the people in Afghanistan cannot read or write and there are there is just one doctor per six thousand people. Ms. Olsen does not support the Taliban. The Taliban likes to hurt people in Afghanistan. Ms. Olsen works with NonGovernment Organizations. She is not a supporter of the United States military. However, the United States presence can help bring stability in Afghanistan, so that children can go to school and people can get food. If the United States left Afghanistan, then the Taliban would take over Afghanistan again. This would stop the Non Government Organizations from going to Afghanistan and helping the people.

Ms. Olsen believes that the United States should leave Afghanistan as soon as the country is stable. She wrote in her paper, “Yet without an effective state, or much greater international military presence that can truly impose order on the whole country, preserving humanitarian space at least offers a way of attempting to meet the enormous needs of Afghan civilians equitably.” (Fighting for Humanitarian Space: NGOs in Afghanistan) Ms. Olsen wants to provide more humanitarian aid to the Afghanistan people. Works Cited Olsen, Lara. “Fighting for Humanitarian Space: NGOs in Afghanistan.” //Journal of Military and Strategic Studies// Vol. 9.Issue 1 (2006): 1-28. //JMSS//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. <[|__http://www.jmss.org/‌jmss/‌index.php/‌jmss/‌article/‌download/‌121/‌133__]>. - - -. “Lara Olson, Co-Director.” //Center for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. <[|__http://cmss.ucalgary.ca/‌pdsp/‌people/‌olson__]>.