The Taliban were friends of the US right up until a few days before invasion. They even visited GWB in the white house. They had already established a radical Muslim state for many years. So avoiding that establishment is pure bull. In spite of the propaganda to the contrary, the Taliban banned the growing of poppies as it is against their religion, of which it is well established that they are radical fundamentalists. Since Afghanistan has been the supplier of at least 50% of the world's poppy supply, it was important to those who profit the most from such activity to reestablish that supply. Since the invasion, the poppy crops have gone up a hundred fold, so if you think that the invasion was about radical Muslims, you are sorely misinformed. They were removed to get the poppies growing again, not because of their refusal to turn over the fictitious al Quiada. We did not go in there to establish a domocracy, we went in there to establish a puppet state. We did not go in there to support the rights of women, we went in there to create chaos. The only icing on the cake is that the billions to be made in the heroine trade has been returned to normal.
