Summary
Though the Bush administration attempted mightily to conflate the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into a single "Global War on Terror," they have always been separate conflicts.
Afghanistan was the war of necessity, a clear response to the devastating terror attacks of 9/11 planned and implemented from Afghan soil by al-Qaida, given safe harbor there by the repressive Taliban regime.See the full content of this document
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Don't Stay the Course in Afghanistan
The invasion of Iraq was an unwise experiment in "pre-emptive war" against a government that posed no genuine threat either to its neighbors...
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