As a future soldier for the US Army, I feel that the need for more troops in Afghanistan is valid and I am glad the focus has finally been shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan. An article in the Houston Chronicle states that the situation abroad is growing worse. I feel that the need for more troops to flush out the insurgents is just like gargling salt water to kill a bacteria in your throat, if you use too little you can make the infection worse, but if use the right amount it will actually dissipate and die. If the government truly wants to get this over with and stop endangering American troops, they need to hit the problem hard. There in lies the problem, without a firm commitment to be in Afghanistan in the first place why should we be? If President Obama can not plant his feet on the ground and firmly say yes we need to be here, or we should pull out to save our resources and men and women, then an end to this war cannot be foreseen. No matter how I or anyone for that matter feel about why we are over there in the first place, a decision must be proactively meet