>"May 2001 - Secretary of State Colin Powell gives $43 million in aid to the Taliban regime, purportedly to assist hungry farmers who are starving since the destruction of their opium crop in January on orders of the Taliban regime. "

Instead of calling this "crap", you would think that this obvious problem could be discussed rationally and with varying viewpoints, but no, Raoul was right, it is seen as "crap" by the board moderator who sees ANY potential problems arising from the "war" as un-American, problematical, and unworthy of free discussion.

$43 million of your tax dollars went to Bin Laden four months before the bombing, and now hundreds or thousands of Islamic men are coming to the US for flight training, and we're going to HIDE discussing this as CRAP??

Maybe Justin, you ought to go and work for the State department so you can sift through the crap there.

The Taliban just didn't start torturing, raping and pillaging Afghanistan in May.
And we just didn't start to give them money in May either.
It was for their "war on drugs", another CIA fiasco which bellies up money to those "official" drug runners that keep the supplies and money running smoothly.......no matter what the cost.
BUSINESS AS USUAL.

Walking away, getting a little pissed at this one....