Obama: To send more or withdraw?

It is being talked about that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is asking Obama for an additional 10,000- to 40,000 troops. Yet, Obama promised the opposite during his presidency campaign stating to “bring home the troops”. This is a critical decision in Obama’s presidency. If he sends more troops he breaks his promise, if he doesn’t then the forces that are already over there are left under equipped for fighting the war. So is there a choice of totally withdrawing all troops from the war in the Middle East? If we withdraw what kind of message does that send to the terrorist, okay we give up you win? If so, how long will it be before another 9/11? Or do we stick with it and finish the mission we started and bring hell on earth to the terrorists until they can no longer harm anyone, if that is possible? I believe there will always be radicalisms as long as there is religion. I don’t know if there is a winner to this war, this madness. Can we really stop or kill everyone that could or would possibly harm us? Or along the way do we just cause more people to rally to there cause increasing their numbers? All these questions, must be carefully thought out and answered before Obama can make his decision on whether to send troops or not. I believe totally in the war against evil, against terrorists, but I’m not sure if we are going at it in the right way. Can hate and religion be overcome by death and destruction? I believe there is only one individual/being that can win this war and it is not Obama or Gen. Stanley McChrystal, its God! Only he has the power to change the hearts of men for good.

As I stated before, there will always be radicalism as long as there is religion. I believe that only one religion can defeat another. No amount of firepower or troops can stop an entire religion. Now do I believe that this war can be won? Yes I do, but not with a gun or bomb, but with the word of God. I believe in why we are fighting this war, but I do not see either side winning, and do not agree with the statement, if true, posted by Pierre Tristam. There is no winner of a war fought over religion, there are only losers and death on both sides. We can nuke all of the middle east killing every terrorist, but that will only create new terrorists, and they can blow up every building in New York, but that will only make the U.S. send more and more troops. Only death will come from this battle, there will be no winner. I believe in war there are no winners, there are only losers and the side that loses the most loses the war. Then after the fighting is over both sides mourn their loss and everyone wishes the war had never happened. We won WWI and WWII, yet in this picture I see brave men who fought and died for an ideal, but I see no winners.