Yes We're Still At WAR

Dealing with the question, Are we still at war? I say yes, our nation declared war on Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, also known as Operation Enduring Freedom. I have first hand account of this information, and it only lasted 4 months and since then it has been a "peace keeping" mission. I mostly hear about how many soldiers and marines have died since the start of the war, but what many people don't know is that during the actual extent of the war, when then rules of engagement were what they should be, there were very, very few deaths. Even more so when compared to taliban forces. Since the end of the "war" at around the first 4 months, the rules of engagements were changed to comply with "peace keeping" operations under the Genieva Convention. That is where the problem lies. The war wasn't finished, and our nations premature declaration of a win is what has led to the loss of so many American lives. If we were still invested in an actual "war", our American death toll would be much less. Road side bombs weren't even heard of during the actual war, which is the number 1 killer in both Afghanistan and Iraq, because we had them on the run. Now specifically Afghanistan, yes we gave munitions to (most important are the stinger missles), which they used to defeat the Russian air attacks, and ultimately gave them the upper hand in the war. Then we just left, and gave no aid to the innocent people in Afghanistan, and that is why we're at war with a disgruntled nation today. Which is also why we can't pull out of a war prematurely again. The 2000 American lives that we've lost may sound great today, but in no way compares to the number of American lives (more then likely on our own soil) we will lose in the future, if we don't successfully change their government. Our pulling out now will only show our weakness, and give them strength, strength to attack again. This is one war that has to be won first, and with leaders like Obama, that doesn't seem likely.