I don't know how to feel about this.

That is Justice... They publically hang child molesters as well.

to police the world. It's heinous and cowardly, of course, but it's these kinds of emotional stories -- like Bush describing Saddam's torture of Iraq's citizens -- that will be used to whip up a fury of support for escalating the war in Afghanistan and probably Pakistan. I can already see the Obamas standing up for the education of girls everywhere, with Hillary's full support to "rally the troops" for this cause.

Fortune Favors the Bold

it's more of the fallacy of "we". I am not the US army, or the United States, or the president.

Whenever violence goes beyond a self-defense, limted engagement, morality starts to blur, as military engagements almost inevitably require collateral damaghe and collectivist organization.

The fallacy is thinking that we are there to help "kick ass". We don't help these civilians who have to deal with those who got acid thrown at them- we're the ones who bomb their villages. How do you feel about that? Airstrikes cause much more pain than burns to the face.

If we are fighting anybody- its more than likely NOT the type of people who threw acid at those girls. Its not like former Taliban walk around with big signs that say "I'm from Taliban!"- we're just fighting people who want us out of their country.

The US's plan right now is to eradicate every single person who might possibly fight against the US- and short of complete genocide- you're not going to remove the Taliban this way. It takes private individuals to work hard and persuade people to create industry and education in the country- not military force.

There are many crimes just as bad as this that take place in the US as well- if this same incident were to happen in Texas- would we have the US military occupy every part of texas and begin random bombing raids in Houston and Dallas? Of course not.

We can't help others until we save ourselves.

loosely speaking.