Back on topic...

The United States government does not really care about the level of "freedom" or "democracy" in Afghanistan and its other satellite states. If it did, it would demand the existence of such basic freedoms as freedom of assembly (as I mentioned before, non-violent political groups are STILL banned), freedom of religion (not possible under the theocracy known as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...but I guess fundamentalists like Bush don't really care too much about theocracies), freedom from human rights violations, and other liberties which simply do not exist under the American-backed theocracy.

If the United States government really cared about "freedom" and "democracy", it would immediately stop supporting and funding authoritarian dictatorships like Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, and Uzbekistan. The fact that our leaders don't withdraw support for these countries or even denounce the complete lack of freedom in them is uncontrovertible evidence that the leaders of our country support the idea of authoritarian dictatorship, and I don't see how that can possibly be reconciled with all the bullshit they spout about "freedom", which for them is a nebulous concept that they refuse to define for us.