I don't think Bush is handling the situation well at all. Bombing one of the world's poorest countries just to get at a few terrorists is inexcusable, no matter how nasty the Taliban are. You can't just pick and choose which oppressive regimes to support and which to attack. Take Chile, for example: America overthrew the Democratically Elected leader of Chile because he was a Socialist, and replaced him with General Pinochet.
Okay, that was a little off-topic, sorry. Back to the issue at hand: I know the Taliban are evil, and should be overthrown, but you can't go into someone else's country and overthrow their government, because unless the people perform the Revolution themselves, they will not be able to form an effective alternative government. Of course, Bush wouldn't mind that anyway, since he probably just wants a puppet ruler in Afghanistan so that America will really control the country. Quite like England, actually...
And don't mention the Northern Alliance to me; they're the lesser of two evils, but they're still an evil.
[ December 01, 2001: Message edited by: Rettick ]
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