I wish I could share the optimism and the blind belief that the United States would never harm innocent people. It's just not the case, however. We are dropping bombs and firing missiles into another country, a country where people live... people that have nothing to do with Ben Laden or the Taliban. It is an act of war and innocents get harmed in war whether we like it or not. I remember in 1986 we bombed the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi in response to Lybia's purported support of terrorism. Did we topple the Lybian government? No. Did we oust or kill Mohamar Khadaffi, the leader of Lybia and sworn enemy of the US? No...he's still there. What we did was destroy a lot of buildings and kill a lot of citiczens, including Khadaffi's baby daughter. I simply can not support the use of such tactics... especially if, in the end, they are not going to accomplish anything. If this military action proves as fruitless as the attack on Lybia (Khadaffi still in power), the Gulf War (Hussein still in power & Kuwait still under dictatorial rule), or even our prior attack on Afghanistan (after the bombing of US Embassys in Africa), then all it is is more senseless waste of time, money, and human life.