I don't know about you, but before September 11th, all I knew about Afghanistan came from Rambo III. In case you missed it the first time around, Rambo III is about the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s. As it turns out, much of that fine film was fairly realistic. The people of Afghanistan have been beaten down for decades. I really don't think many Americans have any idea where the country is, let alone what it's people are like. Like many Americans, I was extremely angry when the terrorist attack first occurred. I seriously felt that bombing the entire country of Afghanistan was a reasonable solution. That is until I read an article by Tamim Ansary in the Hartford Courant. This article began as an email, and since has been distributed worldwide. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Before I read it, I was elated to hear that the first US aircraft deployed to the area were B-52 bombers, the largest bomber in the US Airforce's stable. In case you don't know your Vietnam history, the B-52 was the plane that turned the Ho Chi Mihn trail into a smoldering crater. I'm not suggesting that Bush intends to carpet bomb the country. The B-52 has undergone many upgrades, and is currently able to deliver many different forms of ordinance, from cruise missiles to mines. All I know is, the B-52 is still capable of dropping 70,000 pounds of high explosive on anything that we deem "terrorist". If Ansary's description of the state of Afghanistan is accurate, I think we'll be needing a more precise weapon. Perhaps a weapon featured in another campy action movie, called Navy SEALS.