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"We have no legitimate mission in Afghanistan."

For the reasons I stated earlier, I believe we do. As for the other places you mentioned, each situation is different. Al Queada is in America also and we're certainly not going to send our military into New York City to root out an Al Queada cell. The Libyan rebels by and large are regular people from what I have so far read who just want to be free. Can they be co-opted by Al Queada or the Muslim Brotherhood? Absolutely. That's why we need to be working (i.e. CIA) to ensure that they do not co-opt this rebellion.

Not sure if you know this or not. During WWII, many of the French resistance were communists. However, that didn't stop us from working with them. Supplying them weapons and intelligence. At the end of the war, we ensured they weren't the ones calling the shots to rebuild France. We have a chance to get rid of a true despot and turn an enemy into a friendly. We should take it IMO.

For the reasons I stated earlier, I believe we do.

Explain why Americans need to die to uphold a Sharia law government that is doomed to ultimate failure in Afghanistan in 2011.

Explain it to me as if I am the parent of a soldier who was just killed there. What American value did he die for?