The war in Afghanistan is NOT a war of occupation. its objective was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy al-Qaeda, and remove the Taliban regime which had provided support and safe harbor to al-Qaeda. BTW, the Taliban regime was an illegal one, established by force and its government was recognised by only two countries, one of which was Pakistan - the country that supplied and armed them. The war was launched with the assistance of the Afghani Northern Alliance.

You say the Afghanis don't want us there. Really? Where on earth do get your information? Funny then, isn't it, that we find ourselves fighting side by side with the Afghanis. That the Afghani government wants us to stay, as do most of the afghanis themselves - apart from the poppy growers who are financed by the Taliban. Those not wanted in Afghanistan are the Taliban insurgents.

So the Taliban are no enemies of yours, eh. Well perhaps you should do a bit of reading on them. In particular, read up on the massacre at Mazar-i-Sharif. This is where the Taliban drove the streets for two or three days firing at anything that moved, whether it be human or animal. They killed over 8,000 civilians in Mazar-i-Sharif! And, left the bodies to rot for days ignoring the Islamic credence of immediate burial.