AFGHANISTAN

The war on terrorism is a complicated and opinionated subject to discuss. Afghanistan, the initial location of the war on terrorism, is a place many people are confounded as to why there are troops stationed there. September 11, 2001 is a date the world will never forget. It was a day of great horror and dismay. The Twin Towers were attacked by the Taliban, an Arab terrorist organization. The United States government felt it was appropriate to counter-attack the terrorist strike. Now, this seems like a just cause as so many innocent civilian lives were taken on 9/11. However is it any better for the American forces to bomb Baghdad and kill innocent Afghan civilians? I think not. If the U.S. continues to station troops in Afghanistan it should solely be for the purpose of diminishing the Taliban and Alqaida organizations.