Thanks for getting my "point" Davin.
And Marcia, I personally have nothing against you and if I come across as harsh in my answers to you, please don't take it personally.
Yes, the Taliban is bad. Yes Al Queda is bad.
But we have supported both groups in the past.
We are not lily white.

And revenge seems to somehow make us White Knights when we go in blowing up a country, it's innocent natives and destroying their commerce and culture.
There are no easy answers. Before we started bombing in Afganistan, we let hundreds of Taliban cross the border to Pakistan on purpose (some inside, sweet deal), and it's possible that Bin Laden escaped. Then there are stories of American soldiers confining hundreds of Taliban or Republican Guard and letting them go again. Weapons sales are up as countries flood both Afganistan and Iraq with weapons for new tribes of mercenaries/terrorists.
It's a hell hole, and perhaps one we shouldn't be in.

What we should have done is used the billions we've spent on "war" in other countries, here at home.
Building up the security in our ports, combining intelligence and making a concerted effort to protect us here at home. Perhaps with the international relations we had BEFORE our rush to war, we would have better co-operation from other countries and wouldn't have pissed off so many of them.
You can act like an Emperor and step all over everybody, but some day when you need a friend, you'll only find more enemies.
Hail Caesar!