ok guys - let's face it. The U.S. is not going to go into Afghanistan with guns blazing and shooting anything that moves. That's not what this situation warrants and not what we are going to do. Yes - some Americans would prefer this method but I'm sure that if they understood the nature of Afghanistan and it's people this wouldn't make sense. Generally the people in Afghanistan are only satisfied with the Taliban government because they can now walk accross the street and not be shot. The majority doesn't even like Bin Laden and don't even know where he is. They don't even like the fact that the Taliban harbors people like that. Perhaps the following is an oversimplification but there is some bad blood against the US because the feeling was that the US 'partnered' with Afghanistan when Russia was pounding them. They thought we would stick with them once their war was over but we dropped them like a rock once Russia gave up. They then fell into a nasty civil war until the Taliban came about and produced something resembling structured government and relative peace with which they've been satisfied for now - these people are tattered by years of war and probably don't have much fight left to overturn a ruthless government. <br> <br>We have to remember that even though we have freedom of speech, our news reporting is still open to bias. I saw a clip showing a bunch of Arab people dancing in the street in response to the attack with no more information than "Afghanistan". For all we know, that was one of the Terrorist camps. Imagine if somebody bombed the heck out of Israel (I am NOT suggesting this) - would the camera crews be able to find a group of dancing people in the US? Sure they would. That, in NO way, would express the feelings of this entire country. <br> <br>The U.S. IS going into Afghanistan. We ARE going to put craters in the ground in search of justice and future protection. I strongly support this as do almost all of America. I guarantee you that it's going to be limited to the terrorist organizations that have played a part, past or present, in terrorist activities and that our "war" also entails massively increasing our intelligence effort and shadow lurking in middle eastern politics (like it or not). Afghanistan in general will not be a target - give us some credit. It's pretty simple that when we go for targets, anybody that shoots back is next. If all of Afghanistan is shooting back - that's when it gets ugly. <br> <br>Been good debating with you guys - Unfortunatly I'll be in my truck on the way to the 'round the island regatta in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Stay safe. <br> <br><br><br>[color:blue][b]Jake <br>[color:blue][b]Nacra 5.2 (2112) <br>[color:blue][b]Hobie 18 (???)
