the people in Afghanistan have been tortured and killed methodically by the Taliban, the involvment of any other country may end this for them; in terms of victims of war, the poor and the destitute are always casualties of life, war is only incidental to that struggle. The repressive nature of the radical believers is not intended to do more than to enslave the people who cannot escape, the terrorists wish to create a terrorist state, filled with terrorists, they have no interest in sharing any resources with poor people. They use them as sheilds, as slaves and as breeding stock for the next generation of terrorists......this is not war in the traditional sense, it is an act intended to round up the cowards who find pleasure in shooting innocent people. For those who feel that it is only necessary to "love" these people back into the fold or to stay out of their way...think twice because that is what these people want, they want to argue that we are divided in our beliefs against the unified radicals.....they want you to welcome them with open arms so that they can get close enough to make sure you will be blown to bits with the bomb they carry....they love you to love them....that is what they count on........