Afghanistan becoming quieter?

As a military spouse, I have been hearing this for months. It is to calm Americans into thinking war efforts in Afghanistan are slowing which is not completely untrue. We are pulling out troops by the numbers; however, deployments continue. I cannot say, however, that pulling troops out of Afghanistan will solve our political or fiscal problems. We are involved as a country and in order to survive, good foreign policy and commitments to those obligations must be seen through. Because we are seen as super power, even though this may be up for debate, we hold that responsibility whether we want it or not.

I worry that the Taliban has fallen out of most American's concerns since the death of Osama bin Laden. So many believe the Taliban ended with him. We must understand that this organization goes so much further than one man. We need to keep this in the news, keep it in our minds so that political leaders and executive decision makers know this is still an important area of interest. My concern is that Washington is eager to please those who want to see the war end now. We all want to live in a time free of war, but just because we stop fighting doesn't make it end.

Taliban forces are blamed for the bombing of 22 NATO supplies trucks in Afghanistan. This is a report released today. Yes, that's 22. We must keep this in our minds, we must see this to the end.

Thanks all who have served: military members and their families alike. We all pay a price so let us not make the last few years be for nothing. For more information on the bombing report, check out this link!