In Geneva, the World Council of Churches, a fellowship of 342 churches and denominations around the globe, said the attack against Afghanistan, "while not unexpected, is nevertheless of profound concern."

"Our experience of ministry to the victims of war convinces us that acts of war can never spare civilian populations despite all the precautions of military planners," said a statement issued by Acting General Secretary Georges Lemopoulos.

"We therefore pray that the United States of America and the United Kingdom will bring a prompt end to the present action, and that no other state join with them in it," it added.

When added to the statements by Nobel Peace Laureates, and the UN Commissioner of Refugees plea to stop the bombing so that humanitarian aid could get to those who needed it before the weather turns, it seems the international consensus about this "military action" being just and moral isn't there.

Despite the Bush administration's attempts to present the bombing as a morally and ethically defensible response to the attacks on the US, it is becoming increasingly clear that world leaders in the international community most concerned with these issues (humanitarian aid, peace with justice, etc) on a day-to-day basis feel that this particular military response will not fit with the "just war" defense the Bush administration is trying to use.