Poison or mass hysteria?

Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent days after reporting a strange odor in their classrooms in northern Afghanistan, prompting an investigation into whether they were targeted by militants who oppose education for girls or victims of mass hysteria.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2010-04-25-schoolgirls-sickness_N.htm

It's either poison or mass hysteria.

Either way, no rational person can believe the Afghan people are ready for the imposition of American-style 21st century democracy at the point of a gun.