Capri - It is funny how Clinton was illegally pursued by a Republican witch-hunt his entire presidency, but Bush and his father seem immune from investigation on far more serious matters. (Iran contra - "I was out of the loop" Iraq WMD -"It was the CIA's fault")

I know better than to post contraversial quotes here (hi slowpro) so I will have to let all those interested in the following do their own research. But I believe (just my opinion Slowpro) that the following alleged activity happened, and am curious as to whether the bush administration will ever be investigated and held responsible for triggering the chain of event s that led to it.

The story goes, based on a documentary made in great britain, that during the routing of the taliban from afganistan 4000 common taliban soldiers were shipped by our allies (the northern alliance) hundreds of miles in closed container cars. Some suffocated, some bled to death when bullet holes shot in the sides, and the remainder had to resort to sucking the blood of their dead comrades to stay alive.

Upon arriving at the prison where American Special forces were waiting to try to separate out any al queda from the masses, the trucks were open revealing the carnage and death. A decision was taken to drive the trucks out into the desert, dig a big trench, shoot any survivors and bury the whole mess.

A war crime ... if it really happened.

The story goes that American Special forces were present in the desert and watched (helped?) as this was done. The northern alliance took video of this atrocity, apparently to protect themselves from future war crime trials.

Will we ever hear more about this? Who knows. Apparently all the drivers who drove the trucks, and afterwords cooperated with the documentary, are dead or missing now.

Everyone else is being hush-hush.

Who knows if it is true. Worth checking into though.

I just mention it because I believe the Bush administration has set up an atrocity generating situation (similar to vietnam - young american men with almost unlimited destructive power at their fingertips - unwelcomed, frustrated, afraid and surrounded by a ruthless civilian enemy who are picking off their friends) in Iraq now and eventually we may here more horror stories come out of there.

Black and white / good and evil thinking is dangerous in modern warfare. What would have happened if George had been in charge during the Cuban missle crisis? Would he have showed the restraint and diplomatic prowess of JFK? Would he have plunged us into the abyss because the USSR were "evildoers" who had to be dealt with harshly in black or white terms?