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The local Afghans WERE NOT supporting the Taliban. All of them continued to have close friends and relatives in the areas where the war would be fought.

The place had been in a constant state of violence for the last 15 years anyway. No doubt most of them thought we would fight a war the same way the Russians did, and that other Afghans did.

Mr. Karzai used to walk the streets of my immediate neighborhood. He's typical of the local Afghans and I am sure that when the bombing started he had a lump in his throat and felt a tingle in his spine while his hands broke into a cold sweat.

You should re-read what I wrote.

"The local Afghans WERE NOT supporting the Taliban. All of them continued to have close friends and relatives in the areas where the war would be fought."

I know that, and maybe that's what separates us. When the US military comes in, we (Americans) know that things will only get better, and innocent life will be protected - probably much more so than if we stayed out.

We would have expected the local Afghans to celebrate the end of that horrendous government, it's when they APPEAR to be supporting the horrible government that we start wondering what they really want. And by the way, a lot of us wouldn't mind seeing the 60,000 US Afghans putting on a Thank-You parade.