The Pros And Cons Of The War In Afghanistan

The War in Afghanistan began in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. United States and NATO coalition forces attacked Taliban and Al Qaeda forces. As of 2014, United States personnel were withdrawing from the country, ending over a decade of fighting. However, the real discussion regarding the United States led war in Afghanistan is whether or not there were any serious diplomatic alternatives. The most crucial word in this discussion is serious, because no one can deny that diplomatic alternatives existed; however, these alternatives would not have had the same effects that going to war did.
According to the book Sovereignty Wars by former Oxford and Rhode Scholars graduate, Stewart Patrick based on international law, there is not reason to
After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush requested the Taliban to deliver all the leaders of Al Qaeda who were hiding in Afghanistan. However, the Taliban, as stated before, refused to do so without evidence. Unfortunately, Bush was not open to negotiation or discussion. The common ideology of why we should have negotiate with the Taliban as opposed to going to war hinges on the idea that if we were to invade and retrieve Bin Laden we would end up created more ‘Bin Laden’s in place. Yet, regardless on the amount of time that passed, we were able to retrieve Bin Laden and establish our military presence in the Middle East. In addition, there has not been another terrorist attack on America since; however, if we were to negotiate we can not guarantee a safer nation.
Secondly, we need to evaluate the war in term of its moral context, the concept of ‘just war theory’ hinges on idea that, as opposed to calling it a war we call it a ‘counter terrorism defense’. This theory is mainly derived from the idea the the word connotes strength and comes off as offensive; whereas, the defensive connotes weak and defensiveness. Thus, on an international platform we would have just looked as though we were retaliating to an