war: The Whitehouse and the Pentagon don't have concrete goals in this "war on terrorism". Thats perhaps for the best. I guess one of their implied goals is killing Osama bin Laden. By killing Osama bin Laden they can make an example of him - to discourage others from being involved in terrorism. Sure five or ten more terrorist leaders will rise from where he fell, but making an example is important - especially back home. As the bombing raids go on I become less and less convinced that they'll get him. He is well funded and doesn't seem to mind hiding out in the desert. I'm not particularly sure that he is still in Afghanistan. He could have easilly slipped away to some former-soviet islamic republic to the north, or west to Iran, Iraq or Saudi Arabia. If he does get away and does survive this sends a pretty scary message to the American people and future terrorists - that the entire might of the American military can't catch one guy. Perhaps this won't happen. Perhaps US military intelligence knows whats going on on the ground, know where Bin Laden is and are planning to take him out some time soon, but we haven't seen any evidence of that so far.

On CNN this morning they were talking about how there are plans to use helicopters over Afghanistan. I'm glad I'm not going to be there...