If the Taliban and Al Queda are completely different entities, why is Obama pouring thousands of US troops into Afghanistan to protect us against their terrorist threat? The Taliban is to Al Queda as the religious right is to the republican party. Or to be less facetious, we didn't lose the Vietnam war because Ho Chi Minh had superior firepower.

Yes, that's a lot of people hit by a natural disaster which has nothing to do with the United States. Once again the Islamic nations are showing their usual lack of generosity towards their neighbors.