Bombing the Red Cross: To many, the attacks symbolize American arrogance and lack of concern for civilian life. To me, the attacks more reveal a bankruptcy in strategy. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld may stress that Enduring Freedom is a marathon and not a sprint, but it seems that this kind of bombing cuts our Achilles heel before we've even run a few miles. High-level military sources tell me that the bombing of the Red Cross facility was both deliberate and justified and that the Pentagon and government are dissembling to protect fragile coalition partners. But both the air warriors and the Pentagon just don't get it. The road to success in toppling the Taliban or getting Osama bin Laden does not go through some obscure warehouse complex two kilometers south of the Kabul airport.