Endless War

   An article in The New York Times recently talked about one of the U.S major political problems that has been ongoing for the last 13 years. The war with Afghanistan is soon to be over as president Obama claimed. The question is, where is all that money the U.S is giving them really going towards? And why keep giving them financial assistance if there's been evidence of misuse and fraud? In this article the author argues all of the points mentioned above and the fact that if we're giving them so much money we should have a stronger safeguard when it comes down to who we should be giving billions of dollars to.
     I personally agree with his opinions but it's hard to believe this article when there's a lot of sources that he's missing. He talks a lot about certain amounts of money, for example, he mentions that the U.S will spend more money helping Afghanistan that the amount we spent rebuilding European nations after WWII but he's missing the links where you can find that credibility. Also, he mentions that the money has been "mismanaged and stolen" but there is no link provided where we can prove this. It's hard for us as readers to agree if we can't find another source where he can back up his arguments. Most of his intended audience seems to be "taxpayers" since he mentions quite often about our taxes. Also, it seems that he tries to get the attention of anyone involved with the military since he mentions the fact that some soldiers will still be in Afghanistan for around two years due to some involvement with the NATO. Overall, he makes a good argument but it's not solid. When you read it, it gets you interested and maybe a bit angry, but readers want to see where we can find these articles so we can look into it and make sure that all the facts and numbers he's throwing around are correct.