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TASK II- Position Essay

**How should the United States proceed in Afghanistan?** The Afghanistan War is basically the US trying to dismantle the Al Qaeda terrorist organization and its ending its using of Afghanistan for base. Also to get rid of the Taliban who are abusing of the people. The United States should leave Afghanistan after helping them economically because for any other reason would be rather pointless. Afghanistan needs money, they are in deep depth, and unless there is a political settlement made with the Taliban, nothing will be accomplished and there is need for that so the war could finally end. The war basically started because of the 9/11 attacks, therefore according to the Jus ad Bellum criteria for a Just War, in the Just Cause section it states that peoples lives must be in imminent danger, and after these attacks, so many innocent lives were lost, and that is one reason for going to war. According to the Jus in Bello criteria, there must be direct acts of war towards the enemy, which is not the case necessarily because many innocent lives are threatened and lost, and this means that this war is "Just" on the case of going to war, but not "Just" because the conduct does not fit the criteria.

The U.S. should leave Afghanistan after helping Afghanistan with the issues they have. Pakistan is under many economic and social ties with Afghanistan, the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari supports the U.S. leaving Afghanistan but help needed urgently (Max R.- Central Asian Neighbors). Robert B. Zoellick is the President of the World Bank, and he doesn't like that the Taliban took over and with all the hard work that the U.S. has put in he believes that we should stay to provide protection and gain legitimacy of government, and after so, we are a free to exit safely (Jacob B.- International Coalition Allies). The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is an organization of veterans with first-hand accounts of war, and they say that since they know how the war feels to be at war over-seas and away from their families and it is too sad too be so far and suffer so much (John M.- U.S. Personnel in Afghanistan and Pakistan), and in support to that, according to Barbara Lee says that there is no military solution, only peace and to top that, it s costing the U.S. billions of dollars, so we need to come back (Lee). The U.S. cannot just leave because if we do there is a huge possibility that the Taliban just invade again (Michael M.- Think Tanks/Academia). The U.S. should depart Afghanistan, but they should finish off help for the Pakistanis and in some way achieve piece so that the Taliban don't invade again.

The U.S. should definitely depart Afghanistan but there are so many potential issues. The Taliban could invade again, and on top of that, economic issues are terrible and the U.S. could help, and we should, and when peace and this struggle is finally taken care of, we can proceed on back home. This solution is very risky and touchy, and in all honestly, as many Americans probably think, is that a solution is hard to find, and really there isn't much we can do risk-free. Whatever we do, it cost the Afghanis serious torture-again by the Taliban, and it will mostly be on the us. If we achieve peace and fix the economic problems, it will make things better there and we will be seen as heroes. Although that solution is quite hard to achieve. The U.S. can leave and also leave more issues, or we can stay and rip apart families and friends, it's a hard decision, and thankfully it's not my decision. A quality will essay will •open by setting up a context for the question--briefly explain why the unites States is fighting a war in Afghanistan, done •develop a position or specific answer to the question that precisely states how the United States should proceed in Afghanistan, done •use two criteria of the Just War Theory to analyze to what extent the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan is a Just War, done •use three Perspectives to support your explanation of why our involvement in the war benefits or harms Afghanis, no perspectives referenced •use three different Perspectives to support your explanation of why the war benefits or harms Americans three perspectives referenced •draw supporting information from the articles studied in class which are posted on Moodle, no articles referenced •wrap up the essay by restating the key reasons why your position is the best way for the U.S. to proceed in Afghanistan. unfocused summary made • organize your ideas in extended power paragraphs, inconsistently used •establish the credibility of sources, not all sources are credited •cite sources internally and in a Works Cited, minor errors in both •edit language errors from writing, minor spelling, grammar and other language usage errors •post the essay on Student Recommendations done