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While a time for jubilation, Osama bin Laden’s removal from the scene brings the United States to a critical fork in the road in the ongoing war against terror. As in Robert Frost’s poem "The Road less Traveled," it can follow the well-trodden path, which also happens to be the most popular. Or it can, as bin Laden did, follow the one less traveled. The choices it makes will impact heavily on its ability to remain a force for good in the world and continue to protect the safety of its citizens.   

Already we hear calls for an accelerated American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Those making them argue that without bin Laden, Al Qaeda is a spent force. As such, they insist, it poses no threat to the security of the United States. But what about the future of the people of Afghanistan, and especially of those who believed the United States meant it when it said that it would stand with them in their quest to bring some semblance of democracy, rule of law, and econo! mic development to a land time forgot? 

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