https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/hijab-becomes-symbol-resistance-feminism-age-trump/98475212/
Muslim women in a free society choosing to wear a hijab being described as an act of defiance, fine, but what about the complete lack of rights afforded to women in Muslim countries, they have no choice. Mental gymnastics as advertised.
..
Do I need to give you links or can you do the remedial work of searching for things yourself?
We shouldn't lump all parts of "the left" into one group but that very logic is used in relation to the right. The mind boggles.
As it happens some prominent mainstream news outlets wrote a number of the articles I spoke of.
You call bullshit without doing any research. Wonderful stuff indeed.
A lot if hardware, and thousands of released prisoners, including IS.
Anthony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State said that the Afghan National Army was provided with sophisticated modern equipment, and there was even an air force put in place. Did the Americans pack up all that stuff and take it with them as they left, or did it largely fall into Taliban hands?
The "new" country is going to be called the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan"
You were talking about the left as one entity saying that the left thinks wearing the burka is feminism. I never heard that once in my life, it sounds like complete bs.
Then to Google burka feminism it will show opinion pieces saying its feminism. Opinion pieces by who? Made up by trolls? Or just nonsense from conservatives in the Arab world who want to enforce the Hijab on everyone there.
Either way Its just remedial level stuff.
The US have been carrying out a lot of bombing raids, targetting fuel/ guns / ammunition / vehicles locations. And whats left of anything sophisticated missiles etc will need codes to operate. Even so, they will still pick up a sizeable amount of military hardware.
The Internet will reinforce your own prejudice. I know of not one person in my circle of friends, who consider themselves of the Left, who in any way excuse the utter misogyny of Islamist practice. They fight for women's rights, and against bigotry. Maybe you are thinking of some misguided Liberals.
Oh I fully agree with you Kermit. But the way that it was done has been a disaster.
I don't think that that country should ever have been occupied. Foreign forces on anyone's land is only a recipe for endless war.
If it's not their will they need to exert their will. As it stands they have a murderous fundamentalist regime in charge again. The time to stand up to them is upon them.
This whole situation shows how little interest the western powers had in the future of Afghanistan, they were happy to perpetuate conflict for two decades and now they've left the people of Afghanistan in the lurch, they must feel powerless. Yet another victim of the Neo Cons and their PNAC agenda, the human cost isn't even considered.
I'm not sure if any of that would outweigh American opinion that it's not worthwhile staying there and they have spent a trillion dollars on the war.
To what end would they be staying?
I think most just want to leave them to it. Biden is right that Afghanistan is best placed to build a better future for Afghanistan.
Yeah they have to go back to the dark ages for a while but hopefully over time it can evolve naturally.
Wonder was there much US equipment etc. left in KAD?
Some image.
A major purge coming. The country has been abandoned.
Just Google the terms Hijab or burka with feminism and you get a load of opinion pieces about how westerners have it all wrong about Islamic women being forced to cover up. There's a lot about Trump thrown in for good measure but now he's gone it's of no relevance, just like the notion that wearing a hijab is an act of feminist resistance against him.
According to the BBC Pakistan shut it's borders earlier today.
There's nowhere really to go this time for the fleers. Before there was the pocket up north that was occupied by the alliance. Now they have full control. Kabul is surrounded. If there is a male of fighting age in a car or a truck there will be questions of why they are fleeing. Are you ex army or police? Did you work with the Americans? A lot the army around the border areas did a legger up to the Stans.
If there is ex army in Kabul they are goosed. There will be tons of informants looking to curry favour with the new power holders.
You can see why the Afghans were so hesitatant to work with the Nato forces. They knew the day of Reckoning would arrive.
On twitter shows they have got loads of equipment and even 6 drones.
American intelligence has been shocking as well. Thinking kabul could stand a year, to 90 days, to 30 days to none in a matter of days.
Surely they should have based their policy off of the worst case scenario (what happened) to cover all bases instead of this **** show at the airport now.
They should have evacuated all the Afghans who helped them well in advance of their military leaving. So many are left behind now to die.
America has abandoned the Kurds and the Afghans who helped them in no time. Why would anyone want to help them again.
They've had a skeleton crew fighting an unwinnable war against a guerilla outfit and they've never won the "hearts and minds" of the Afghan people. America's presence there has been a busted flush since Bush launched his oil war in Iraq a year after invading Afghanistan and left it to fester.
There was never going to be an easy answer here. Do they stay and eventually lose? Do they ramp up military presence? Or do they just get out now?
All the alternatives were probably going to end up leading to an embarrassing conclusion, no matter who was in the Whitehouse.
Will the Taliban allow refugees to leave, do you think? They seem to want to court international recognition to some extent.
There's also thr question of how tightly they can control their own fighters and warlords. Could they splinter and start fighting amongst themselves?
Lots of Afghans fled to kabul in recent times to escape the taliban. Then Kabul was quickly isolated on all sides. It all happened so fast. If they try to escape to Pakistan now they run this risk of being killed I imagine.
When I heard Biden saying a while back, that US forces would have left Afghanistan by September 11, I immediately thought how arrogant it seemed.
Choosing a certain date in advance, purely for optics, rather than following a carefully thought out roadmap... The guy is an idiot. And must surely have ignored expert advice.
So, the obvious question is 'Where is the MIC off to next?' They never sleep. Contracts to sign. Public money to exchange into private hands.
20+ US military vets commit suicide every day. The first victims of the MIC are American citizens... most of them poor kids, many of whom joined the military so that they would to have a chance to go to college that they wouldn't otherwise have had.
D.C. is full of sick puppies, but that's not news...
The Internet provides...
https://twitter.com/soundmigration/status/1426898869116407810?s=19
The re-installation of the Taliban, with its consequent creation of hundreds of thousands of refugees, is anything but "stable".
This is fascism with Islamic overtones; an inherently unstable position.
Compared to what they've had for the majority of the last 40 years, which was either the chaos or outside occupation, that unfortunately constitutes the "most stable" that the region has had.
I wouldn't try and interpret that as a democracy or anything.
In any case the fact of the matter is that the Taliban are now installing themselves with the greatest of ease all over the country, because the majority of Afghans don't seem to want to resist their rule.
I'll repeat it again Nullzero, Its not the will of the majority of Afghans to be ruled by the Taliban...I lived there, and trust me, the last thing Afghans want to see is a return of the Taliban. They ( Taliban) steamrolled over the Country, flattening all opposition ( to coin a phrase) Object, resist, get flattened. Cheer and put on the welcoming smile, survive. And thats what is happening. Free choice does not enter into it on any level. The best that can be hoped for is that the 20 years of freedom they had while the US was there, will bear fruit, and when disillusionment with Taliban rule will generate sufficient Nrs. to develop a resistance. Last time they were outed, the roads to Kandahar were littered with burnt out Taliban vehicles, and bodies. Farewell gift from the local population.
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://w8.vanillicon.com/v2/8078e6b81295c08b3df3e770f66e931c.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://w8.vanillicon.com/v2/892f365931e5cb4ba5c9d4ce2c7da299.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wa.vanillicon.com/v2/a08d55691d6f78a042612a7aa18ff3ab.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wd.vanillicon.com/v2/df05300f57fe28ddd3330602c0adbfdb.svg)