Abuse of Women in Afghanistan
Posted By Bouhammer on July 8, 2009
My buddy PJ Tobia has a great piece up about how bad women are treated in Afghanistan. In fact he even says something I have said many times, that dogs are treated better then women in that country.
Take a second and head over to read this blog post, trueslant.com/pjtobia/2009/07/08/afghanistan’s-rape-problem/
According to the report, rape is very common and widespread. Cases of fathers raping daughters or powerful men raping young girls happen every day in this country.
The longer a nation abuses half of itself, the longer it stands still. The longer it stands still, the faster it falls behind.
Women have no way to repel their abusers without individual personal power (arms, which I as an American woman believe all women should vigorously defend the right to bear). So, they must depend on the kindness of strangers.
It would be best if the intercessors were their own men, but absent that, anyone who can will do. In our efforts to not offend the men, we offend humanity.
Now, if Amnesty International, U.N., N.O.W. and all the other organizations would stop whining about what Our Troops do, represent, accomplish, achieve, advance, promote, just because they have a weapon in their hands while doing so, they might actually get a chance to collaborate with them. Huh, and then effectuate the actual salvation of women and girls rather than just wishing it.
Until we stop the continuing, into the 21st century, subjugation, slavery and wholesale discount of a human with the XX chromosome, I cannot get all that worked up about whatever man centered cause.
For all the liberals who are against this war, for every Code Pinkist trying to shut down a Marine recruitment station, I wish they could see their hypocrisy. To a large extent, this war is being fought for the women and girls who have been bullied into submission for decades. Education increases options for women. As Greg Mortenson points out, unless girls are educated, there’s no hope for their country. It’s an uphill climb, but a necessary one. That world armed forces has to do it for them is nothing less than an obvious sign that certain elements within their society place little value on them beyond breeders and chattel.
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