So This is War huh?
Who declared war on who? When did the president pass a bill that says "We are declaring war on (your name here)?" No shit people are going to die, and no shit that includes innocent civilians, but is it really something to get a hard-on about?

And Swifty, who says that "they" (I'm assuming you meant Afghanistan) used anthrax on us?

Albeit I agree that these people should be punished to the nth degree, but I think we can take it in moderation without reducing ourselves to savage animals who know nothing more then to annihilate people who prolly haven't got the faintest idea what the hell is going on, much less give a rat's ass. We have the backing of many very powerful nations, so how is it going to look to them if we start butchering women and children like cows in a meat-packing factory? Will they turn against us and possibly slap us with international charges of violating the Geneva Convention? All answers point to yes. Yes, I believe we need to punish people for these atrocities, but you have to take into consideration the fact that the means to revenge are subject to scrutiny by others, no matter how right it might seem in our eyes.

Example: My thoughts about the means to punish terrorists - medieval-esque torture that lasts at least a month, and if they're still alive after that, we send them to a federal prison so they can become the ass-bitch of big men on death row for the rest of their lives.