By 3 PM, the Pentagon reported that 50 Tomahawk missiles had been fired, joined by 40 bomber and fighter aircraft that targeted sites around several Afghan cities. The targets were essentially strategic sites, chosen to cripple the Taliban's airpower.
Many US allies, including Israel, defended the United States actions. British Prime Minister Tony Blair told his nation that the Taliban had been “given the choice of siding with justice or siding with terror, and they chose to side with terror.”
The Taliban called the US action a "terrorist" act. My personal opinion is that, due to language differences, the Taliban may not be clear on the meaning of terrorism. Terrorism is usually defined as attacking non-combatants without warning and is different than striking military targets after weeks of warning. They may, however, learn.
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on Oct 12, 2001
So am I. What a great sens of realities !
on Oct 12, 2001
Thanks, paxx and Fix. Although, judging by your previous posts loaded with useless rhetoric and simplistic plans that would only work in a fairy tale, impressing the two of you doesn't take much. But still, I'm grateful that you were impressed by my grasp of reality.
on Oct 12, 2001
Oh, but reverting to stereotypes about the French people isn't simplistic? Your obvious racism towards French people is appalling. Unfortunately, it's comments like yours who give the Americans a bad name. I am glad I know that your kind represent only a small minority and that the Americans are actually a very good people.
on Oct 13, 2001
Interesting comments may I say.All you dear people,with your contradicting points of view are a true example of the glory of Democracy.But some people on this planet can't afford this luxury.They can't express what they believe.They cant afford health care,education or even a slice of bread.We talk about evil and good,black and white,justice and punishment,but in the end it all makes perfect sense,expressed in dollars and cents,pounds,shillings and pense.Mankind really does have a way in creating ideologies and theories about things,but the essence always seems to escape from us.It is power,prestige,oil,gold versus poverty,starvation,death.And guess who wins all the time.
It is not about who sends more troops,more bombs or whatever.After thousands of years of evolution humans should be able to solve their problems in a different way.It is obvious that something went wrong allong our way.We are geneticaly closer to pigs.But pigs dont make war.That makes us even lower.
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