Will Bunch : Reunions of troops with families great , but why are we still in Afghanistan ? John Donvan Just hours before Lt. Col. Adams reconnected with his daughter last week , the assistant secretary of defense for special operations , Michael Sheehan , went before a congressional hearing on the topic of that 2001 war authorization . It made sense in 2001 , but 12 years later , bin Laden is dead and al Qaeda in ruins . Bunch : Americans dying for little reason in a war that makes it riskier , not safer , at home . Pentagon estimates put us there till 2033 , meaning Bunch 's grandkids could go .
Will Bunch : Reunions of troops with families great , but why are we still in Afghanistan ? John Donvan It made sense in 2001 , but 12 years later , bin Laden is dead and al Qaeda in ruins . Bunch : Americans dying for little reason in a war that makes it riskier , not safer , at home . Pentagon estimates put us there till 2033 , meaning Bunch 's grandkids could go .