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2004-03-11 14:16:34
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Jesus was so cool, no wonder there are so many Christians...,
2004-03-12 11:39:29
From the Dept. of Screwing Afghanistan:
via James Ingalls, founding director of the Afghan Women’s Mission, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, who demonstrates that maybe my optimism about the piece of paper was misplaced:
Far from building the "foundations for democratic institutions," U.S. operations in Afghanistan are an assault on democracy, devastating people's lives and increasing insecurity. With every violation, the return of the Taliban becomes more likely. Surely the recent statement by Mullah Omar, former Supreme Leader of the Taliban, resonates widely: "The American, shaky transitional government in Afghanistan has completed its two years but so far it has not achieved anything. Where is the democracy that was to accompany peace, freedom, human rights and reconstruction? For Muslims, that fraud democracy is bringing the gifts of killings, bombings, destruction of homes." Washington's response to such critiques is only more violence and subversion of democracy. The chief interests upheld at the constitutional Loya Jirga this winter were those of the Bush administration and its puppet Hamid Karzai as well as the Afghan warlords who were legitimized officially for the third time. Meanwhile, Afghans continue to wait for reconstruction, justice, and lasting peace.
:: posted by buermann @ 2004-03-11 17:06:05 CST |
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