http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/07/8-years-later-still-war-necessity/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100709o.mp3 Afghanistan 8 Years Later: Still a War of Necessity? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/07/8-years-later-still-war-necessity/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/us-army-afghanistan-2007-flickr-usarmy.jpg true 5395 segment Today marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. While it was once deemed a war of necessity, many of the people who believed that have changed their tone. One was a central figure in 2001 when war was declared: Richard Haass was an adviser to former Secretary of State Colin Po http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/us-army-afghanistan-2007-flickr-usarmy_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/us-army-afghanistan-2007-flickr-usarmy_26_square.jpg