"Bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age" is, unfortunately, a pretty short trip. Removing the Taliban from the face of the earth would be a blessing. I can't imagine that they would have any more regard for the suffering of the Afghani people than Saddam has had for the Iraqis. They have already created great suffering all by themselves. I still regret that Schwarzkopf didn't go on into Baghdad when he had the chance, though I guess we'd probably still be occupying the place if he had.

I'm not really sure what I'm suggesting here, but it doesn't seem like anybody has done the correct thing yet. I am very concerned over the idea of religious fanatics wanting to force people to do it their way or die. I am also very reluctant to display an American flag, not because of any negative feelings about it, but because I'm afraid of seeming to jump on some simplistic bandwagon howling for revenge. It's been shown over and over throughout the centuries that a land invasion of Afghanistan is not going to work. And besides, are they the ones who sponsored this, or are they too busy oppressing their own people?

Then we have Israel, also being run as a theocracy. That also makes me very uneasy, because it seems that if your view is that "my way is the only right way" there will never be any room for compromise.

So I actually have visions of the UN kicking butt for real, forcing all the fanatics to behave, but that probably won't happen either. Arrrggghhh.