If the common people are worse off now than under the taliban I would be interested. You are correct I would not change my mind on Iraq because of it. There are in my opinion too disimilar countries and the people have different psychologies. If you have info about common folks being worse off now please post. That is an issue that should and could stand on its own. Please exclude armed and prisoners being mistreated, that is covered by another thread and isnt what I would call the common afghani.
thanx,
bill