Or is this another case where the US causes untold suffering and then says people hate us because they hate freedom, democracy?

"Red Cross 'gravely concerned' about conditions in Swat Valley."

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- No running water, no electricity, no fuel and little food.

"Pakistanis displaced by fighting demand government assistance during a protest Sunday in Karachi.

"International Red Cross officials are "gravely concerned" about the stark situation in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where a monthlong offensive against the Taliban has displaced more than 2 million civilians.

"Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in the Swat Valley this weekend for the first time since the onset of violence there. The organization evacuated more than a dozen people in need of urgent medical care and called for an immediate humanitarian response."