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I'm a fence sitter on this issue, but lean towards the anti-war side.

Reason against the Afghan mission:

1) Our military should be for self-defense purposes only IMO.
2) Not only am I not convinced that the Afghan mission improves our security, but I think it more likely hurts it.
3) In a world as screwed up as this one, you have to pick and choose your causes. I don't think putting money and lives into Afghanistan should be the #1 priority for us.
4) It's not our job to secure another country's regime or to build "democracy".
5) Going by history, I doubt Aghanistan's society or culture will allow this war to be "won". There will always be extremism there, and they will always require our assistance. I don't want to be there forever.
6) I don't trust the current regime and I don't think they are doing enough themselves to deserve our help.

Reasons for the war:

1) We're there now, so it makes sense to at least try to make it better.
2) Our allies will be left there if we go, and it may hurt relations. Something that might hurt us in the future especially when some countries are eying the NW passage.