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Argument: US has moral obligation to stabilize Afghanistan

Issue Report: More troops to Afghanistan under Obama

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Peter Bergen. “Winning the good war. Why Afghanistan is not Obama’s Vietnam”. Washington Monthly. July/August 2009: “The United States overthrew the Taliban in the winter of 2001. It has a moral obligation to ensure that when it does leave Afghanistan it does so secure in the knowledge that the country will never again be a launching pad for the world’s deadliest terrorist groups, and that the country is on the way to a measure of stability and prosperity. When that happens, it is not too fanciful to think that Afghanistan’s majestic mountains, verdant valleys, and jasmine-scented gardens may once again draw the tourists that once flocked there.”