Featured Video: Obama – Afghan partnership looks to peace

Obama: Afghan partnership looks to peace is a CNN International report on US-Afghan Partnership.

I’ve come to Afghanistan to mark a historic moment for our two nations, and to do so on Afghan soil. I’m here to affirm the bonds between our countries, to thank American and Afghans who have sacrificed so much over these last 10 years, and to look forward to a future of peace and security and greater prosperity for our nations – Barack Obama

They Say: Fareed Zakaria

In the past, the U.S. government has built up for wars, assumed emergency authority and sometimes abused that power, yet always demobilized after the war. But this is, of course, a war without end.

So we continue to stand in absurd airport lines. We continue to turn down the visa applications of hundreds of thousands of tourists, businessmen, artists and performers who simply want to visit America and spend money here, and become ambassadors of good will for this country. We continue to treat even those visitors who arrive with visas as hostile aliens – checking, searching and deporting people at will. We continue to place new procedures and rules to monitor everything that comes in and out of the country, making doing business in America less attractive and more burdensome than in most Western countries.

We don’t look like people who have won a war. We look like scared, fearful, losers.

Fareed Zakaria in U.S. has made war on terror a war without end, CNN.

Featured Photo: Barack Obama mark the end of the Iraq war

Barack Obama and his wife at Fort Braggs, N.C. to mark the end of the Iraq war by paying tribute to U.S. troops for their service. December 14, 2011 (Doug Mills-Redux/The New York Times)

President Barack Obama hugs first lady Michelle Obama before speaking at Fort Braggs, N.C.

U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End

U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End

“Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year”, said the president of United States, Barack Obama. After nearly 9 years of war, the U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq.

With more then 4 thousand deaths, according to U.S. Defense Department, and $700 billion spend on this war, the U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003 will come home in less than 3 months. Currently, about 40.000 U.S. servicemembers remain in Iraq.

After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over – Barack Obama

Besides all the criticism on Iraq’s war, Obama said that “the last American soldier will cross the border out of Iraq with their head held high, proud of their success and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops”.

Despite Iraq’s desire for continued access to US military expertise after 2011, seems that no deal has been reached.

Afghanistan: 10 years of war

Thousands of people are fleeing not only the violence, but starving and looking for food as well (Kadir von Lohuizen/NOOR)

10 years of war in Afghanistan. After the 9/11 the World was never the same. Many men died in this stupid war that lead to nothing, just more anger.

Thousands of people died, a country has been destroyed, In 10 years many things happened during the international invasion of Afghanistan. But it worth it?

The Us-led invasion purpose was dismantle Al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power. But 10 years after, the war still goes on. While NATO says that have a Afghan exit plan on track – we know nothing about it – Barack Obama plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops by year-end and 23,000 more by next summer.

But what makes me feel more ashamed about this war is that no one cares about the families that died, the children that lost their parents. We don’t stop to think on how our actions will affect the others, how we kill all the dreams of a bright future of so many kids. We have to act against the terrorism, but there are so many different ways to do it.