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So, do you think the war in Afghanistan is right or wrong? Should American and NATO troops be there? Why or why not?

So, do you think the war in Afghanistan is right or wrong? Should American and NATO troops be there? Why or why not?

I am still not sure wether or not the thread title is spelled correctly.

I am still not sure wether or not the thread title is spelled correctly.

I am stilling having doubts whether or not there are multiple misspellings of a simple word in this thread.

The root of this question is in the motives behind each conflict.

As far as I can see, the cause of the Afghan conflict was to remove the Taliban and capture Osama Bin Laden. Coalition forces are still working on the first but have failed at the second for various reasons. In my opinion both motives were morally and legally correct motives for going to war.

The motive for the Iraqi war was to remove Saddams capabilities to produce WMDs. Seeing as we are yet to find any WMDs or capabilities to produce them then that war was both marally and legally wrong.

Spelling Error fixed, sorry.

Uhh...

We should pull troops out of Iraq, but put more in Afghanistan. Since finding Bin Laden is fairly important.

well it should of been done earlier, it shouldn't of even had to happen (as in what the fuck was whoever let the telaban take hold thinking!), where going about fighting it all wrong, its been already fought all wrong, nobody really seems to care as much about Afghanistan as Iraq, Afghanistan has never really been occupied by anyone before and warlords still rule the country

though fuck it had to be done but I'm not putting agree because thats black and white thinking and is thus the way of the sith

Uhh...

We should pull troops out of Iraq, but put more in Afghanistan. Since finding Bin Laden is fairly important.

Most people, including intel, thinks that Bin Laden is in the tribal regions of Pakistan, its up to them to remove him, I think.

i think the morality of war is not so simple to judge it right or wrong. there was probably just cause for going after al qaeda cells in afganistan, i doubt that this justified the type of invasion that occured however.

i think the morallity of war is not so imple to judge it right or wrong. there was probably just cause for going after al qaeda cells in afganistan, i doubt that this justified the type of invasion that occured however.

Morality is a matter of personal opinion. I do find it morally justified to remove the taliban ny force, but then other people will disagree with that because of their own personal morals.

well it should of been done earlier, it shouldn't of even had to happen (as in what the fuck was whoever let the telaban take hold thinking!), where going about fighting it all wrong, its been already fought all wrong, nobody really seems to care as much about Afghanistan as Iraq, Afghanistan has never really been occupied by anyone before and warlords still rule the country

though fuck it had to be done but I'm not putting agree because thats black and white thinking and is thus the way of the sith

you know you want to come to the Dark Side....we have Punch and Pie

:p
....but seriously

I think going into Afghanistan was a right move to try and find Bin Laden, but the hypocrisy of allying with the mujhaddein 20 yrs ago and now fighting them still bothers me...I also have very little faith in this democracy

I believe that America's attack on Afghanistan was the correct choice. I'm not so sure about a long-term deployment. The primary argument for long-term troop deployment seems to be that leaving Afghanistan would allow a training ground for future terrorist groups. Well, such training grounds are in several nations, and the US doesn't occupy them all, nor should it.

Given the circumstances, I believe the US should have devoted far more resources into Afghanistan, and made Afghanistan its 'model of democracy in the middle east', as was part of the stated goal of Iraq's invasion. Afghanistan is largely an afterthought for the US, and now the 'right war', for Democrats trying to veer away from Iraq.

As for Canada's involvement, I believe in participating in UN sanctioned missions and co-operating with our NATO allies, however Canadians should have had more input into what we were getting into before we made any long-term combat-heavy committments. Having said that, we have made that commitment. Leaving prematurely doesn't serve our soldiers anywhere in the world, who have to face the image abroad that Canada will duck out the moment the heavy firing starts. It sends the message that, if you want to find the weak link in the fence, start shooting the Canucks.

Morality is a matter of personal opinion. I do find it morally justified to remove the taliban ny force, but then other people will disagree with that because of their own personal morals.

well yes, that does seem to be the point of this thread. unless i've been completely thrown by the flagrant disregard for sentence structure and spelling in the thread title.

I am stilling having doubts whether or not there are multiple misspellings of a simple word in this thread.

Mine was deliberate. ;)

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