h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The US and UK have begun bombing Aghanistan. At about 6pm UK time the President of the US announced that action had begun.

"On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taleban regime in Afghanistan.

These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations and to attack the military capability of the Taleban regime.

We are joined in this operation by our staunch friend, Great Britain."

I heard that 50 cruise missiles were launched by US and UK subs, and there has also been bombing from the air. A few days ago it became clear that special forces are in the area.

So the War on Terrorism has started. When will it end?

Bush made non-negotiable demands to the Taliban, then when none of the demands were met, he announced the war from "The Treaty Room" of the White House, the room where one would expect negotiations to be made.

I'm not sure how much if any negotiation the Taliban would really be willing to make, if any. But it's still damned ironic.