The war in Afghanistan is justified

Let's begin with a simple definition: justified - shown to be just. just - guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness. The burdens are also quite clear; my opponent has the burden of proving that the war is currently justified, and my burden is, obviously, to prove otherwise. To get this debate going, I'll offer 3 arguments to begin with. I - The War in Afghanistan threatens to bring war with Pakistan. This is rather straightforward; currently, we are fighting our fair share of wars; we are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, we've got troops deployed as peacekeepers in flash points all around the world, and tensions are on the rise with North Korea and Iran; add to this list, Pakistan. Obama has released statements declaring that, 'if necessary', the war in the Middle East would also be extended into Pakistan [http://stopwar.org.uk...]. This is further evidenced by the fact that, for some time, and quite recently, tensions have been developing between officials in Washington and those in Pakistan [http://www.time.com...] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com...]; as we can see, tensions have been on the rise for many months now; and, with Obama's idea of expanding the war in Afghanistan, it's very likely that the war will engulf Pakistan as well; the last thing that we need right now is another military conflict, and more American lives are being lost; obviously, if the War in Afghanistan were not being expanded, this would not be such an issue; but, as this War is directly responsible for the increase in tension between Washington and Pakistan, it's clear that this war is not justified. II - The War in Afghanistan increases security risks for other countries. Many people look at this war from a strictly American perspective; and, as we are far overseas from Afghanistan, many of us like to think that the horrors of terrorism are too far away to bother us again; but, in this mistaken line of thought, we forget our European neighbors who gave us financial and military aid throughout the many years of the war, and the risks that they took in order to give us that aid. [http://stopwar.org.uk...] On the third point brought up, it discusses how there was very little threat, if any at all, of terrorism before the war began. However, after the effects of these wars (not only Afghanistan, but as part of the snowball effect, Iraq), and the aid to American, MI5 reported that the threat of terrorism had actually increased; as we can see, while American fights and expands its war in Afghanistan, it does so at the risk of its allies; and, these risks are very real: take, for example, the bombings in London, on both July 7th, and July 21st, 2005 [http://en.wikipedia.org...] [http://en.wikipedia.org...]. Thus, because our allies incurred unnecessary risk due to our involvement in the war, it cannot be justified. III - The War in Afghanistan increases the risk of future terrorist attacks against America. While we think that we are safe, far from the shores of the Middle East, this is simply untrue [http://www.afterdowningstreet.org...]. Reported here, the Oxford group urged the United States to pursue more intricate security measures to deal with the possibility of future terrorist attack. The US government itself actually released a statement in that report discussing how it was more, not less, likely that terrorist attacks could occur in places like New York, and that the war had actually been "counterproductive". As you can see, the War in Afghanistan has actually compromised many of our security efforts, and has left us vulnerable to future terrorist attack. In fact, mere months ago, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reported that the chance of a terrorist attack on the United States was one of the top threats we face [http://www.usatoday.com...]. And, because our involvement in Afghanistan lead to other military struggles, the threat of terrorist activity against America is now even higher; and, as we know, putting American citizens in danger is not justified. With these first three points in mind, I'll save a couple other arguments for the coming rounds, and I'll turn the debate over to the Pro at this time. Thank you for reading, and good luck, Pro.