Does this mean the War in Afghanistan will end?

May 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM

By Bonnie Kristian

Well, Osama bin Laden is dead, which means America is officially avenged for 9/11.

So will the War in Afghanistan -- launched "to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members to be put on trial, to destroy the organization of Al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime which supported and gave safe harbor to it" -- now draw to a close? Because let's review:

Bin Laden caught? Check.
Fewer than 100 members of Al-Qaeda left in Afghanistan? Check.
Taliban regime removed? Though the Taliban is still fighting, it's no longer in charge, so check.

And the cost of this whole little project:

Ouch.

So we've met our goals at a very high price -- not to mention the human casualties.

Now can we end this thing?

Cross-posted on my blog here.

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Those are all great points that any logical, peace-loving individual would consider. However, we can expect that the political momentum from this will be used to launch even more tyranny and war. History shows that "mission accomplished" means about the same thing as "let's start the next mission/war". With the death of this enemy symbol (who knows whether Bin Laden actually physically died last night, we've been given no tangible proof), one has to expect that they will quickly need to create a new enemy symbol. A scary thought.

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