"We apologize for any inconvenience"

In about six months the "decade" since 9/11 will be observed AD NAUSEUM. And as that decade approaches we have not been bombing, shooting, and burning a country for now Nine years and four plus months (and another for 8 years in two weeks time). Nobody really knows the number of people we've killed, but it's safe to assume it is several times the nearly 3,000 killed then.

And if there is a symbol of the futility of it all, it is this:

Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.

The boys, who were 9 to 15 years old

I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that the Python's Mr. Neutron sketch was tragically prophetic. What the fuck are we there for now?