mad world

So last night I was using Google maps to plot where to go in NYC and Italy and decided to take a gander at Afghanistan as well. I figured I'd come across some high resolution shots because of the conflict in the region. Sure enough, near an airport at what I'm guessing is Mazar-e Sharif were some incredibly detailed shots. Of course, what I found was more than I bargained for. I saw damaged planes on the runway and half the city looked like it had been erased poorly in photoshop. In Kabul, the airport is surrounded by what I'm assuming are US military facilities. Everything else beyond it looks destroyed.

It was all quite very sad and very much put in perspective what I've been complaining about recently. Just thinking about it makes me feel ill. George Bush and his administration can't leave soon enough, and when they all eventually die, I'm sure there will be a special place in hell for them right next to where Hitler and Slobodan Milošević are staying.