Stardate 20011007.2029 (On Screen): Immediately after the first waves of bombing lifted, two American C-17 transports dropped 37,500 rations into an area known to have refugees. Each ration contains enough food for one person for one day. These won't by any means be the last. This is completely unprecedented in the history of war. I have never heard of a case where a nation simultaneously attacked the government and military of another nation and also unilaterally provided supplies to the citizens of that nation.
(discuss)Update: In a poll of Americans, 77% approved of the use $320 million in US tax dollars to send supplies to Afghani refugees.
