Reply #1: I'm going to take your advice and write that letter.

[Marrah_G]

Rather then being a black or white issue, this is one of various shades of gray. It does not have to be either bombs or pull out. I would rather see a more coordinated effort to control the Taliban, especially by taking away the financial edge that they have over the government. I would like to see a real government be allowed to grow and move the country into this century after decades of war and oppression. I would like to see women, if not given full equality, at least be given the right to be free human beings, allowed to speak, allowed to make choice, allowed to stand on a balcony in the morning sun.

Diplomacy, economic aid and help with security will go a long way to rebuild that torn country. The bullying must stop, from the top down, corruption must be stopped, again from the top down. The problem is not the US being there, the problem is the ~way~ we have been there.

It is my hope that a President Obama was change the tone there and help pave the way for some real healing and perhaps the next generation there will be able to know a life without fear.

Thank you for your thoughtful post H20, I am off to write to him now.