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Created by- Jack Bebinger of the topic: || PHOTO of the Perspectives' Primary concern about the Afghanistan War. e.g Women's education or abusive security forces || The following expectations were not met. A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs--evidence not used to support claims. •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources-- sources not credited. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited--accurately formatted. not 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.** **2. Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan.** Your answer should address following bullet points: •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?**

** Paragraph 1: ** Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan. Hillary Clinton is a credible source because she's a government official and is very up to date on what is going on in afghanistan. She has been in a government office since 1979, 32 years, and most recently is the Secretary of State, the 67th in the position. She has also worked with Afghan women, she has worked hard to get them more rights n society. She is a credible resource because she knows whats going on in Afghanistan and is up to date on the current events, she has also helped afghanistan women gain many rights. **Paragraph 2:** Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan. This answer has 4 parts.  The involvement of the US in afghanistan has been debated for almost a decade. As time has gone on, more and more people have taken sides on whether we should be in it for the long hall or we should just cut our loses and bring our troops home. Hillary Clinton believes that we should be in it for the long hall, at the pakistan meeting in bussen, Germany she stated that we should all support an Afghan lead reconciliation process, the agenda is ambitious but essential and the United States intends to stay the course with our friends in Afghanistan. If we left now she believes that if we leave now the region will again fall under Taliban rule, this is a definite possibility for the region, and we have much to lose if we leave. If we leave we could lose our entire grip in afghanistan, all that we have accomplished in the past ten years will be undone almost immediately. Mrs. Clinton wants to be in Afghanistan for at least the next ten years, maybe longer, and says that the US should support Afghanistan as much as possibly whether it be with money or personal. We have made so many improvements in the last 10 years in afghanistan, we have improved life for women, we have hunted down the man that planned 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, and we have made a dent if not a hole in the tin can that we call terrorism. Although women's rights haven't been a main topic of discussion, Hillary Clinton has taken it into her own hands and vowed to help these women, "we will not abandon you" she said but with her departure imminent in 2013, many women leaders fear that their rights will be taken away. Hillary Clinton is for a extended stay in afghanistan that would last at least a decade if not longer.

** Paragraph 3: ** How would your person answer the question: When should the United States leave Afghanistan? Hillary Clinton would answer this question by saying that there needs to be an extended stay, with full support on the United States behalf, of at least a decade. She would say that if we left now, everything we have worked for and gained in Afghanistan would be lost. We have put so much effort into this battle and we can't give up now.