Reply #77: Of course bin Laden should be punished if he is still alive...

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Of course the fact that there is a very strong possibility that he is already dead complicates the issue of any sort of punishment being levied against him. Bin Laden's fate is irrelevent to the war in Afghanistan however, as continuing a war which has already killed thousands of civilians just because we want to prosecute a single individual is absolute insanity. If bin Laden is still alive we have no clue where he is, but I think it would be safe to say that he is not even in Afghanistan any more. It is completely non-sensical that we would go to war with a country over a person who does not even reside in that country.

War does not bring stability, war brings chaos and we are not going to see a stable Afghanistan until the war ends. I have no problem with investing money to help repair the destruction our country has unleashed on Afghanistan, we do have a responsibility to clean up our mess. Continuing a war is not going to help clean up our mess however, we need to get out of Afghanistan and let the United Nations and reputable non-profits help Afghanistan in their recovery efforts. We will need to invest some money, but we do not need to sacrifice any more lives.