Fine. :-) But I still do not believe Afghanistan is any real threat to the USA, nor do I believe the Taliban government had any part in planning or orchestrating the 911 attacks on the USA. I doubt that the Afghan government was aware of any of the plans for that attack, and I doubt they would have supported it in any way...as it could only bring massive retaliation back on them if they did.

Did Al Queda have some bases in Afghanistan at the time? Yes, I figure so, and they also had them in several other places. None of those places, as a nation or a government, was responsible for the 911 attacks. Matter of fact, they may well have been planned by people much closer to home than you think...

The countries your government intervenes in, pdq...those interventions are not made on the basis of some high moral priniciples. They are made on the basis of pragmatism. Political pragmatism. Financial pragmatism. Control of strategic regions, trade routes, and resources. That is why great empires intervene in the affairs of smaller nations. They always claim moral reasons, but they do it for material reasons and to extend their power and control. (sort of the same reasons why a tiger or a wolf pack try to extend their territory...it's the instinctive actions of a territorial animal)

All the "moral" reasons that are trotted out by your media...well, that's to get the American public onside to support the war. Some kind of moral argument can always be found...and it may even have some genuine merit...but it's not the real reason behind the war.