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Originally posted by ladyzekke: Well I guess my views on what is happening are VERY wide apart. On one hand, I cannot help but feel for innocent victims of war, poor people who have lived an incredibly shite life in Afghanistan, who have no power, who may not be able to afford leaving Afghanistan or maybe if they try they are afraid that they will be killed, called "betrayers" or something. I personally value all human life, no matter who they are or what they may believe or not believe. So I can't feel happy about this war, because I keep thinking innocent people are dying. And are we getting any of these terrorists tonight? Are they at these bombing locations? If they were smart, they would avoid obvious places that the U.S. may target. So could be not only innocent deaths, but deaths for nothing. On the other side of the spectrum, I want those Taliban FFFFs dead. I cannot see another option that the U.S. can do about these terrorists but all out war. Is there another way? A peaceful way? If so, please tell me cause I can't think of one thing. I am not opposed to the death penalty. I consider these terrorists as evil, and I have absolutely no problem watching us blow the shite out of them. I'd personally love to see a small plastique bomb in one of Bin Laden's smokes while he is doing one of his interviews. He is not human to me. Neither are his apprentices. I know a lot of them were probably normal maybe before they joined the "Bin Laden" group, but all they stand for now is evil and killing and murder and death. And they use religion to fire up others emotionally and religiously. And the U.S. is NOT against Muslims as Taliban leaders are saying, this is NOT a holy war on our part, it is a war against evil, against cowardly terrorists. As I said, I am split between two different views on all this. Is what makes it so hard to deal with.

You thoughts are much the same as mine, Ladyzekke. It IS difficult. But the Taliban were making suggestions that were getting closer and closer to what the West wanted, and I think that with a little more patience and actually SHOWING them the evidence against bin Laden and his followers (we haven't), we might have avoided the present action.

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