sheesh people. civilian lives are civilian lives regardless of nationality. HOWEVER, the US is not just carpet bombing the hell out of the Afghani people. It's being approached the same way as it was in Iraq 10 years ago. Sure, some mistakes were made and some civilians died, but not as many as Iraq (and the Taliban now) want you to believe. But the US bombed a milk factory in Iraq! We all saw the sign on the factory! Uhmm, since when does a Arabic speaking nation have signs in plain English on their buildings? A lot of what you're hearing (from both sides) is propaganda. It's difficult to know what to believe, except this. We're not targeting civilians. Some will die, but not as a target of war. Think about it. Every plain Afghan we kill (intentionally or inadverdantly) gives the Taliban leverage on their people. "See, the US cares not for you, they slaughter you just as they slaughtered 1000's of your Muslim brethren in Iraq! We care for you. We brought stability and religious order." As for the people revolting against the Taliban, I don't think so. The majority of the Afghans are scared to death of the Taliban, and the ones that aren't scared are beaten to death. We're gonna do our best to help those people by removing the Taliban. Unfortunately, we're going to kill some of those people in the process. Like Eagler said, the same thing happened in Germany in WWII. The Third Reich had to be removed from power, and there were going to be civilian casualties. The Allies did the job. It's gotta happen again now. The Taliban is oppressive and openly supports terrorist activities. They must be removed from power by any means necessary.
