America currently and indisputably occupies the moral high-ground with respect to Bin-Ladin and the Taliban regime in conducting its reponse to terrorism. No resonable criticism can be advanced against a US conventional military response to the death of thousands of civilians regardless of the amount of collateral damage it generates. Using nuclear weapons would instantly revoke this moral standing without necessarily advancing any military goal. Irradiating portions of the Afghan countryside for a few thousand years simply isn't a worthwhile endeavor.
As long as we're more concerned with what people think about us than we are with staying alive, we're screwed.
Good grief, I knew the country was in trouble the day I realized that they'd "marketed" boys into the same high-maintenance "how do I look?" BS that they used to manipulate girls since time immemorial. But I never knew it was this bad.
They're KILLING us, people. And they're going after our civilians where the work and where they live. And we're gonna worry about what they f'n THINK about us? UFB. Absolutely UFB... But hey -- we knew that much when they announced they wouldn't bomb the bastards on rammadan. Can't go offending the enemy, now can we. (And don't give me any of that shi'ite about "we don't want to offend the other moslem states". They hate us just as much, and they'll hit us too, if they think they can pull it off.)