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Topic: Afghan Women Fear Rights Will Erode as U.S. Leaves |
Afghan Women Fear Rights Will Erode as U.S. Leaves
Wall Street Journal, by Maria Abi-Habib
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Posted By:pineledger, 11/13/2012 6:29:48 AM
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| Herat, Afghanistan—Rokhshana, a 14-year-girl, has been behind bars here since March. She is serving a yearlong adultery sentence after what she describes as rape by her adult cousin, who remains a free man. (Snip)The U.S. says women´s rights will remain an important issue after the withdrawal, even though American officials acknowledge the limits of their waning influence. "Afghanistan is run by Afghans; we are significant partners," says Melanne Verveer, the U.S. Ambassador at large for global women´s issues. "We will continue to ensure that women´s rights are pivotal because of our partnership
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Comments: I hope this pleases all the women who handed the election to The Won.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
GreatGreyhounds, 11/13/2012 6:33:38 AM (No. 9010538)
Elections have consequences, not just in the United States, but around the world...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NYBruin, 11/13/2012 6:36:06 AM (No. 9010540)
And Hillary says. . . ???
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/13/2012 6:46:28 AM (No. 9010551)
They will, and the liberals, be they democrats, euro-socialists or what have you will not lose one nanoseconds sleep over it. Ladies of the world, you´ve been wonderful props over the years, now go die quietly!!!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 11/13/2012 6:51:42 AM (No. 9010554)
What did they expect? Stop killing our troops by the sneak attacks by Afghan army/police. A pox on all of their houses!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Dallasobg, 11/13/2012 7:19:12 AM (No. 9010591)
Liberals care nothing about women. Remember when Oprah refused to go to Afghanistan with Laura Bush and others showing support for Afghan women? I was done with Oprah at that point.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40, 11/13/2012 7:31:46 AM (No. 9010612)
The Libs and the Libbers will promptly blame Bush and the MSM will back it up. This is getting too predictable.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
anonymous, 11/13/2012 7:32:41 AM (No. 9010617)
Do they want the US to be their daily police guard, do they? It´s impractical and not possible. While I feel for these women, perhaps what´s needed is action by the government in Kabul that is supposed to be looking after its citizens and protecting them from criminals.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Namma, 11/13/2012 7:37:57 AM (No. 9010630)
hey ladies..join the c rowd..our rights and liberties here in Amerika have also eroded..
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
john56, 11/13/2012 7:46:13 AM (No. 9010648)
The Democrats´ War on Women opens up the Afgan front. Watch for Obama to drop free birth control pills from the sky and declare victory!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
iamtinman, 11/13/2012 7:47:21 AM (No. 9010650)
The instant we leave Afghanistan, the taliban will start to take over and dogs will be treated better than women. Obama will not get reengaged and the American supported Afghan government won´t last a year. Thousands of American and Afghan lives will have been wasted for what? Melanne Verveer is typical of the airheads in the Obama administration who believe that wishing for something makes it so. If that was true Mitt Romney would be president and I would be handsome.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 11/13/2012 8:13:24 AM (No. 9010722)
Dear Afghan Women: every time we read about a military operation we read about 3-4 women and a bunch of kids living under the roof of a terrorist.
Stop providing them aid and comfort and stop bearing their children (hint: they are groomed to become more terrorists) and we might start listening to you.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
suedotsue, 11/13/2012 8:36:29 AM (No. 9010781)
Our being there was never going to make life better for anyone except the Taliban and other criminals. It´s not a secret. We´ve been there to humiliate and kill ourselves. Certainly not to change the culture or fight a war. We´re guests there. We´ve given 9 or 10 billion dollars a month every month for over a decade to a country controlled by organized crime and the Taliban. Some goes to cronies here, but most of it goes to crime and the Taliban. For that privilege we get our best murdered and our country´s economy destroyed. There are terrible things happening in Islamic countries all the time. We´re only there to run green programs and diversity training.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Nimby, 11/13/2012 8:37:02 AM (No. 9010784)
Why should we care?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ZurichMike, 11/13/2012 8:51:50 AM (No. 9010821)
Tell the witches at NOW, NARAL, Code Pink, and the editors of Vogue, Cosmopolitan; tell Oprah, Diane Sawyer, Rachel Maddow; tell Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
cartcart, 11/13/2012 8:54:27 AM (No. 9010828)
it is tough all over ladies...get a general.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
fljack, 11/13/2012 9:06:26 AM (No. 9010864)
Karzai is negotiating with the Taliban to save is own now very rich hide. What do you think will happen?
Obama is purging the military so we won´t even have competent senior officers running the military with which to stop Al Qaeda re-surgence in Afghanistan, let alone Pakistan.
This administration can´t keep secrects and you can only do so much with video games (drone strikes).
Those poor women are doomed.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/13/2012 9:08:24 AM (No. 9010870)
Double post apologies........ Can´t help buit wonder if the ladies had ever heard of Clytmnestra..........if they were allowed to read, maybe.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
NYbob, 11/13/2012 9:14:27 AM (No. 9010881)
Send a letter to Jay Leno´s wife asking why she is a democrat. Perhaps the constant 8 years of her husband mocking, President Bush and then 4 years of supporting Obama were a significant part of why you are in this position. All the liberal parties in NY and LA won´t make a speck of difference to your grim future.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
janjan, 11/13/2012 9:25:02 AM (No. 9010908)
Americans fear rights will erode in the US as Obama stays.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
jackburton, 11/13/2012 9:33:58 AM (No. 9010935)
Having to pay for contraception: War on Women.
Acid in the face for looking at a boy: Cultural diversity says that´s OK.
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