U.S. BOMBING KILLS MORE AFGHANI CIVILIANS

The BBC reports today another 21 civilians were killed by U.S. air raids on civilians houses in Afghanistan.

"US-led forces have killed at least 21 civilians in an air strike in southern Afghanistan, local officials say. Helmand provincial Governor Asadullah Wafa said civilian homes were bombed in Sangin district, where foreign and Afghan troops are battling the Taleban . . ."

"Wednesday's reported deaths came a day after the US military said it was "deeply ashamed" over the killings of 19 Afghan civilians by US Marines in early March."

U.S. military action in both Iraq and Afghanistan shows the futility of relying on bullets, bombs and fighter jets to "win." Killing people will never be a successful way to achieve political ends. If the political goal of the United States is to make the people of Afghanistan friendly to the U.S., dropping napalm bombs on villages will always result in just the opposite - Afghanis who hate the United States and will do anything to take revenge.

Militarism can never be the answer for U.S. political problems. Beefing up the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines Corps, spending billions on new carriers, developing the smartest weapons - all these expressions of a militaristic view of the world will never succeed in making enemies of the U.S. its friends.