Reply #5: "a gentle rain of fifty dollar bills...." Man, that's downright poetic. [View All]

[scarletwoman]

;) However, one must point out that plenty of fifty dollar bills have been rained upon the Narco warlords of the Northern Alliance. I do not believe that that has worked out very salubriously for the common people of Afghanistan.

To be honest, I was against bombing Afghanistan from the beginning. No one seems to remember, but the Taliban WAS attempting to negotiate with us over Bin Laden -- a fact that was briefly reported, then quickly buried. We could have tried something short of war, at least to begin with.

Yes, the Taliban were/are nasty buggers, and the people of Afghanistan certainly deserve a chance at something better. But I really have a problem with the concept that dropping bombs on people will improve their lives.

sw