From these shots, recently released by the Department of Defense, you can almost hear the pathetic screaming Afghan men and women, their skin burning and bubbling in the flames, throats tightening in the acrid smoke, tears stinging their eyes as they weep for their dead friends and relatives. Later their children will venture into the mine fields to pick up tiny food packages dropped by US fighter planes, only to return home as hideously deformed amputees. Now that's what we call collateral damage! Thankfully a once-chaotic and dusty military base has been cleared and is ready for capitalist development and expansion. Starbucks is interested in securing a space.