::sigh:: Your reply is exactly beside the point as I am not questioning whether the Taliban were bad people (see rawa.org if anyone has any doubt) only whether this really is why we are there and whether we really have improved things. By the way, since when do we invade countries over the abuse of women? And why then are we not in Darfur?
But anyway. Let me restate my point. We get so few news stories from Afghanistan that it is hard to know what is going on there. >Say what you like about Iraq, there is plenty of reasonable disagreement >about the war. But when you go off about Afghanistan, you sail right off >into la-la land. This is the country that was home to the Taliban, remember >them? The guys that blew up 2000 year old monolithic wall carvings of the >Buddha? The guys that didn't let women go to school and forced them all to >wear burkas? The guys that installed a 12th century-style Muslim caliphate >in their country? The guys that harbored Al Qaeda? Even the French were on >board for that invasion. > > >On 3/16/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >-- >--------------- >Robert Munn >www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200501 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
