[lepton]

These innocents have never heard of Bin Laden, or Bush, or WTC

They've certainly heard of Bin Ladin. Talk to an immigrant from the area.

Additionally, it's not in a vacuum. The "government" is protecting him, and is no longer innocent.

[Dan W]

People who emigrate from Afghanistan are not your typical Afghani. Your typical Afghani doesn't have the resources to emigrate to the U.S. Afghanis are stuck with the government that is there. The present situation is none of their doing yet they will be the ones to suffer the death and destruction once a war is initiated. And there is very little liklihood any real terrorists will be caught. The language problem for the U.S. and British will probably be insurmountable. How are they going to identify known terrorists in the snow capped mountains of Afghanistan? Much as I would like to see the perpetrators brought to justice, it is inconceivable that a war on Afghanistan, or on terrorism in general, is going to accomplish anything other than higher taxes and a reduction in civil liberties at home, and a further escalation of violence and terorism. It is tantamount to vaporizing a whole city in order to catch a few murderers.