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Good Deeds Posted 2006-01-14


"It just goes to show that you have to pay for every good deed," Eli Wallach says to Yul Brenner in the classic western "The Magnificent Seven." As a bandit in the film, Wallach doesn’t have many good deeds to pay for before Brenner shoots him.

Sometimes, though, good deeds are appreciated – huge majorities of Afghans reject Osama bin Laden and are grateful to the United States for ridding their nation of him.

A poll taken by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland showed 83 percent of Afghans had a positive view of U.S. forces and only six percent thought Osama bin Laden was a positive influence. Eighty-eight percent had a negative view of the Taliban.

"Clearly this (poll) is a positive portent for the struggle against extreme fundamentalism," said Steven Kull, director of PIPA.

In the cinematic battle, Brenner and his friends come to rid a town of ruthless bandits who are preying on villagers. Art into life. It’s a rough analogy but an apt one. Just ask 83 percent of the Afghans.

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