The Frum Forum blog provides the latest run-down on the controversy surrounding comments made by Michael Steele on President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy.

As President Barack Obama has made the ultimate decision to send forth 30,000 additional armed forces to fight the insurgency in Afghanistan (a duplication of the 20,000 plus troops that former President George W. Bush sent to counter the insurgency in Iraq), the United States has signaled to the international community that victory in this region is necessary and imperative.

During the theatre of war, public support can be fatigue and fragile at times. It is important to remind people why Afghanistan is crucial in today’s time. It is the painful reminder of the terroristic attacks against our sovereign nation on September 11, 2001 that engaged us in a conflict against an ideology. An ideology that promotes evil over good and the right to take another’s life if their religious or political identity is different from yours.

Not only is the U.S. security interest at stake, but the whole world should be concerned about Afghanistan. If the Taliban is allowed a permanent safe haven in the Middle East and overthrow the government, it weakens the U.S. foreign policy and makes our nation vulnerable to future attacks.

Like the childhood game of “Telephone”, the question on the American side of the equation comes down to how much that message of stern resolve on the Iranian nuclear issue comes to bear once incorporating the varying opinions and approaches that encompasses our foreign policy over the past several years.

HipHopRepublican.com recently sat down with Sophia Davis for an excusive interview. Sophia, is a 23 years old Capitol Hill staffer for Senator George V. Voinovich. In this interview Sophia Davis talks about her views on Healthcare, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and her future plans in Washington, DC.

Recently, President Obama decided to stay the course and ordered an additional 21,000 military forces to the country. I applaud him for this decision and for recognizing that the situation in Afghanistan affects not only the US, but the whole world. Many disagree with this decision. George Will, a conservative columnist calls for a pullout. “So, instead, forces should be substantially reduced to serve a comprehensively revised policy: America should do only what can be done from offshore, using intelligence, drones, cruise missiles, airstrikes and small, potent Special Forces units, concentrating on the porous 1,500-mile border with Pakistan, a nation that actually matters.”

To simply give up on this mission – of our two major post-9/11 wars, the one that seems vastly more justified in the eyes of our allies – would send a damaging signal to partners and adversaries alike.