ATLANTA -- More U.S. soldiers are headed to Afghanistan, 30-thousand more. President Obama made the announcement Tuesday night on national television. "After eighteen months, our troops will begin to come home," the President said.

The President made his speech at West Point, saying the troops would leave for Afghanistan as soon as possible and many will come home starting in July 2011.

His plan received differing reaction from two different sides. Both sides have a personal interest in the war.

Susan and Carlton Robinson sat in the living room of their Stone Mountain home and watched the President's speech. They have two sons in the Army. Captain Brandon Robinson is a 7-year veteran who has done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His younger brother Scott is a Lieutenant in the Army Reserves at Fort McPherson.

"I'm not happy about the whole situation honestly, having a son whose been deployed twice," said the soldier's mother. She and her husband question why we have to send so many troops to Afghanistan, and whether it's a war that is winnable by 2011. Susan Robinson asked "What is going to be our way out of this situation so it doesn't turn into another Vietnam?"

Her husband Carlton said he appreciates the fact that it was a tough decision for the President. "He's our President and we have to support him," he said. "My concern is for my kids and their safety and their family's and my grand kids."

Dr. Duad Azizi also has a vested interest in the President's speech. Much of his family is still living in Afghanistan. "I wish that actually he had asked the maximum number of the troops that the generals wanted," he said.

Dr. Azizi says he is concerned about restoring the Afghanistan people's faith in the United States. "The absolute majority of the people in Afghanistan are pro-American and they would welcome our forces as liberators," he said. Dr. Azizi says the President's plan to start pulling troops in 2011 has many Afghans fearful we will not finish the job. "That would be exactly what the Taliban would love to hear," Dr. Azizi said. "If they could hold their own in three years the allied forces and the Americans would be gone, and they can create havoc again," he said.