I blame Al Gore for getting in the way of more carbon emmisions.

Hmmm... There is not very much that "western civilized" countries can do to help a feudal/tribal society. Most of Afghanistan is living with the societal mores and values of 300 to 500 years ago, maybe longer. Years ago, the Soviet Union had 8 to 10 years of trying to modernize the Afghans - and failed - at a tremendous cost of lives and $$,$$$,$$$,$$$. Then, someone in the United States got a wild hair up his bewtocks, and thought we could do a much better job... So far, the results are just about the same.

Very well put WB.

Actually the Afghanistan War had one purpose and that was bringing Bin ladin to justice for 9/11. Mission accomplished and why we are still there is baffling. Who in the United States thought we could modernize this backwards civilization? It is just not possible. Time to leave and let the world's charities help out. The original war was a must do. "Let's Roll"

Afghanistanian men are mostly to blame for the suffering of their children. Sex to them is no different than going to the bathroom to relieve themselves. According to the UN 90% of women in Afghanistan suffer from domestic violence. It's like they live in an emotional void.

Amen...LateKate...well stated. This entire article is mis-named, the winter has nothing to to do with it. It is the cruel customs of the muslims who denigrate women and children and give no heed to family, comfort, education, or all other things that build healthy and successful societies and families. Only another example of the cruel and hate filled culture of islam. Wake up world...stamp out this heinous culture called religion that believes only in hate, killing, and total subjugation of others.

Where are the Islamic Red Crescents? Are helping these Afghan kids not a profitable business?

Cruel winter was always there and there is nothing new.

Now they can blame Amerika!

Suppose Armerika was not there, they would be killing each other. It is business as usual.

But the reporting would not have been there!

Hey dewey Allah does not have a place because he is the creator not the created ( a place is a created thing) but he does have angels that record every deed that you do especially derogatory ones. Your going to remember what I told you one day.

Maybe if the people put as much effort into improving their country as they do protesting about a book things would improve. WB hit it dead on, you can't change the tribal mentality.

Eona, what you say is simply a lie that is intended to upset folks. Shame on you.

I beg to differ Owen, the American Military or government been doing this for centuries to others. OH wait my mistake in the school books when i grew up the Native Americans were treated well they just got in the way of manifest destiny. But we know now how they were really treated don't we , women and children barely fed unable to hunt for their own food , barely clothed totally displaced for the sake of minerals and land. BUT WE KNOW THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. Owen shame on you for believing everything the media and government tells you, you just a slave to the machine there bud.

Been there Garpo. Don't preach your misinformation about Afghanistan here. Shame on you for tying to get away with it.

And it always comes back to the native Americans. I don't think any of it is a secret anymore, or has been for awhile. Next let's talk about the nazis. That's always popular on here.

Well since you started it , the nazi's based there concentration camps on the American model of the reservation and the way they starved the Natives and put them in all these reservations all over so as not to be too big and uprise. So who did genocide 1st , this friggin lying government that who and i see Unbelievable is also a slave to the machine congrats .

We should have left 8 years ago and got Osama still in Pakistan, but instead we wasted time money, and lives occupying a country that Russia fought for over 30 years. Look where Russia went and that was down the drain and I don't want America to do the same thing.

Unbelievable, well the thing about the Native Americans is the truth, ya know. A lot of U.S. citizens don't like to hear about what we did to the Natives-- seems it goes against their belief structure; that of the superior white man, Christian fortified, ethnocentric views, upstanding morals, etc. Ya know the saying, if you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen.

Eona these are children they are talking about. Are you that heartless? I was deployed to Afghanistan. We didn't demolish houses. You see one video snippet on television and you think You know everything. If my patrol so much as scraped a mud fence or wall we paid the village elder on the spot for the damage. You probably didn't know this though. As long as we are there then we owe it to innocent civilians to try to help them just as a decent human beings should. They don't all hate Americans. I will say they are generally unhappy with us interrupting their daily lives. You have to understand that most of them never heard about what happened on 9-11. There aren't television sets in every home. Many of the fighters there are locals trying to make money. There is nothing there, no jobs, no industry, only subsistence farming. Poppy is mostly controlled by Taliban or the very few wealthier peoples. There is a difference between Afghan people and Taliban. Now that being said. You say the disaster is contrived? Forget 9-11? I know it's been a while. It is a war it's a horrible thing but there are going to be innocent casualties but that's how the enemy fights, they mingle with the innocents. Sometimes for propaganda, sometimes to escape. We are at war with one of the poorest countries on earth you can spin this many ways but in my opinion we shouldn't rest until all terrorist are eliminated and we should always be the bigger man so to speak and help those less fortunate, home and abroad. I know not everything can be fixed but we have to try.

I agree with you!

Now have mountains built of shame and starting shoving a mountain on Pakistan, Bahrain, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim places.

For Pakistan one mountain may not be enough!

The thing is, Joe and Gar, that the American Indians are completely off topic. Heat, kitchen, huh?

Unbelievable, if that's the case then you should've just ignored the comment and not commented on it yourself. Once you put in your opinion then the rest of us put in ours.

Some still do I suppose owen, but with over 6 billion people on the planet and more everyday what is a few thousand men, women, and children dying of disease, starvation, and conflic each dayt? Not even a blip on a population chart.

If you like you can donate every penny you own but the problems of the world won't go away, they will continue to get worse, the population will continue to rise, and people will continue to die but not nearly as fast as people are being born.

They dont care about them in our own country

We can't save everyone, impossible to do. Some people must die, some sooner than others, others longer than most, but all eventually. Do you really stay up at night wondering if Americans still care about cold starving women and children? Gosh I really hope not. Please do not own other people's choices. It will drive you batty.

dc

Nourish and protect your enemy and he will know you are a fool. He will grow strong and devise ways to destroy you.

Your cynicism suits your rightie bent of mind...

It's our fault for going over and getting involved in a country that we shouldn't have gotten involved in. And, when I say the word country I use the term loosely. Afghanistan is more similiar to a group of feudal lords, ruled by tribes. For the most part whenver we go (with good intentions or not) into a country and spend a lot of money, and waste a lot of good U.S. lives, the local populations end up hating us anyways. So we spend money and wast lives for nothing. We haven't made the world a safer place. In many cases we seem to destabilize things worse than they were prior. You want to make the world safer get your house in order. Make sure the fanatics and nut cases don't get into the U.S. and let the rest of the world worry about their own problems. We can't afford to police the world.

Porkistan has lots of rich people, pure Islamic green cap/white cap volunteers, and Sufi singers and dancers.

If they all join hands, it should be a no big deal!

Best cost effective and least painful solution.

Add Porkistan to the list!

Yes, AmeRican, he is a joke. But he is your joke.