I think I have a solution for our high-in-the-sky American Heroes. Let them bomb everyone in Afghanistan Taliban, Tadjiks, Pashtun, Uzbeks and other factions who might in future treacherously and thanklessly turn against their American liberators.
It could financially be very beneficial to the US military-industrial complex and, as an added bonus, it would save on the costs of the public relations exercise in emergency supplies to the starving Afghans.
When there is nobody left, they could build their oil pipeline wherever they want, before those godless Chinese get their hands on Caspian oil.
In this way the whole world can be systematically unfettered to enjoy the fruits of American freedom. Nic de Jager, e-mail