Nicholastanco wrote, "yeh dude. i cant imagine why they dislike our western ways so much. I think you're cool, breukelen, but i gotta admit. you really sound like a spoiled child. "They dont want to do it our way, so fuck them..." I still think there's hope for the country.[/QUOTE]

I did NOT say "They don't want to do it our way, so fuck them..." YOU wrote that with quotation marks, but I did not say it. I DID say "fuck them all", in a different context.

Nobody was bothering Afghanistan, least of all the U.S. - and their religion has been destroying logic and keeping people in the dark ages, or worse, for a long time. I don't care how they want to live in their own land - but they started something that they are going to pay for dearly. The short-lived Taliban rule in Afghanistan was one of the most repressive, murderous, insane theocracies in history. It was only a matter of time until they felt that their power made them capable of inflicting pain and suffering on people that are different ?? the very people, in fact, that helped them keep their country out of the hands of the Soviets. They are the lowest of the low - and the world will be none the worse when they all perish. There are NO redeeming qualities that can be attributed to the Taliban and al Quada. How can you defend these people's actions? I can understand your not liking Bush, but offering an apology and defense of al Quada and the Taliban? I thought that you had your priorities wrong, but this is beyond belief.