Stardate 20011219.2000 (On Screen): When we finally went to war in Afghanistan, the goal was not just to take out al Qaeda, but to destroy the Taliban, too. And now we see the payoff for that. Suddenly there is enormously greater interest in other nations in actively attacking and taking out the local al Qaeda operations. The message has been received loud and clear: clean up your act, or we'll clean it up for you.
This is why the bombing could not stop, even when the Taliban were weakened and al Qaeda were on the run. It's the reason that the job had to be cmpletely finished. (discuss)
