Rendering №5

   The editorial published on the website of the newspaper "The Telegraph" on the 1st of October is headlined as "The forgotten war".  The article takes a critical view of a strange forgetfulness of the current president of the USA  Barack Obama (he is also the candidate for the presidential elections) and Mitt Romney, the Republican challenger for the White House on the issue of the war conflict in Afganistan, which has already claimed life of  2,000 of Americans.
   The author of the article expresses the view that with the presidential election race now entering its final stages, Mr Obama appears strangely reluctant to address the Afghan issue, in spite of the fact, that  the Afghan conflict is supposed to be “Obama’s War” – a “war of necessity” against Islamist terrorists, as opposed to his predecessor’s war of choice in Iraq.Speaking of this situation it is interesting to note that Mitt Romney shows the same attitude towards Afganistan: in his keynote speech to the Republican convention, he failed to mention the war, or to pay the customary tribute to America’s forces overseas. The reporter gives a warning that  with the future of the Afghan campaign hanging in the balance, this is an inopportune moment for America’s political classes to be suffering from a collective bout of amnesia.
   In the conclusion the author suggests that the Taliban remains a force to be reckoned with and if the West’s fragile gains do indeed unravel in such a fashion, neither Mr Obama nor Mr Romney will be able to ignore the implications. As for me, I find the behaviour of the American political leaders on such a crucial issue for their country and its people to be really strange. If you ignore the problem it does not mean that there is no any and it is especially referred to the future American president. And if Obama and Romney want to become real leaders of their country they cannot just stay apart and show indifference. If you start something you should finish it and be responsible for your decisions and possible consequences. The same referred to Obama and Romney: the presidential elections are not the reason to ignore the real problems which you will have to solve sooner or later.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9579084/The-forgotten-war.html