I just fear that we STRENGTHEN the Taliban by being present as an enemy on their soil. Our SOCIETY is far better than theirs, and since all of our range of choice of actions is defined by our society, we ARE better overall. I just meant as humans, as human souls ... if they were taken at birth and raised here, they would be like us, and if our were taken and raised there, they would be like them. Hatred breeds hatred and ignorance reinforces the worst in us all.


"If American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." - Franklin D Roosevelt, Nov 4, 1938.