Afghanistan War

"The killing of Osama bin Laden has set off a reassessment of the war in Afghanistan and the broader effort to combat terrorism, with Congress, the military and the Obama administration weighing the goals, strategies, costs and underlying authority for a conflict that is now almost a decade old. Two senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar suggested Tuesday that it was time to rethink the Afghanistan war effort, forecasting the beginning of what promises to be a fierce debate about how quickly the United States should begin pulling troops out of the country. Both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Lugar said they remained opposed to a precipitous withdrawal.Inside the Pentagon, however, officials make the case that rather than using Bin Laden’s death as a justification for withdrawal, the United States should continue the current strategy in Afghanistan to secure additional gains and to further pressure the Taliban to come to the bargaining table for negotiations on political reconciliation. And in Congress, a debate is getting under way over the underlying authority used by two successive administrations to wage the post-Sept. 11 fight against terrorist organizations and their supporters." I think this is a good reason because Osama Bin Laden's death should not be a reason to leave because there are still war threats and possibly the United States can be attacked. We never know exactly when the war would end or how it will end but i do not think the war should end just because one man, the face of the organization, is dead. I think it makes them deadlier without a face because now we do not know where the attack is coming from.