[TheOtherOne]

RETRANSMITTING TO CLARIFY CAPTION: A bleeding Afghan refugee, who was struck in the face by a rock, rushes with others across the border after a crowd of refugees trying to cross into Pakistan hurled stones at Pakistani police and journalists when the border was temporarily closed, near Chaman, Pakistan Tuesday Nov. 20, 2001. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

There are many Afghans who are worthy of our compassion.

[mlocher]

thanks for the reality check. i guess we need humor to deal with the attack, but we must not forget that others are in far worse shape and need our prayers and support.

thanks again

[TheOtherOne]

Like you, I have no problem with humor in this time. Nor with the death and killing of many of our enemies. But, there are many truly innocent victims. When I see that poor mother and what she is clearly enduring to protect her child, it is a dose of reality.

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There are many Afghans who are worthy of our compassion.

Maybe so, but I'm afraid we are mowing them down by the hundreds even as I type. BBC World Service last night quoted refugees like these as saying our bombing of Kunduz, where there are supposedly 30,000 civilians trapped between the warring factions, was not really discriminating between military and civilian targets anymore. Enough of them in the Pakistani refugee camp had shrapnel wounds to convince the BBC reporter anyhow think they weren't making it up.

I don't blame our military; these poor people are just in the way, packed into a small area like sardines. And Pres. Bush has said, "We are all soldiers now."