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    Cimorene: I remember from high school history classes that after WWI, America and Europe were all "F-You losers" and left them to their own post-war shitty devi... more »
    JerseyGrrrl: I'm more pessimistic than Glenn Greenwald. I think the American public has shown it doesn't care about women's right in America. So I'm not sure why t... more »
    HarpMadness: I don't know when we as a country, culture, society, world, whatever, went back to being so far entrenched in the idea that war can fix not only some ... more »
    Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): Karzai may be marginally better than the Taliban, but he has demonstrated that he is happy to cater to the extremists in his country in return for pol... more »
    theKP: I just went over to RAWA's web site to see if they had any response up to the President's speech and didn't see anything. Has anyone seen anything fro... more »
    Mireille is German for the Bart, the.: I'm glad Obama didn't mention women's rights as a factor in his decision because I wouldn't believe him if he did. Women's rights in Afghanistan have... more »
    J.D.Regent: Ugh, I have hated this war from the beginning and really resented when Bush tried to act for a second like he was invading to save the women who he pr... more »
    BearDownCBears: Excellent excellent post. more »
    sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: Cultural relativism, give me strength. #somalia more »
    MerryLilly: Playing soccer is banned? What does it have to do with anything? I don't agree with the other restrictions either, but I can somewhat see where they ... more »
    JerseyGrrrl: "We have taken this step after we recognized that women need to stay in their homes and take care of their children," Maalim Daaud Mohmed, the chairma... more »
    CherriSpryte: Anyone know the names of the three organizations? #somalia more »
    Trulymadlyme: Uh, I guess these guys don't know who the Mad Mullah was and history. Islamic fundamentalism is basically a massive fail in Somali society because of ... more »
    morninggloria: Oh, Somalia. What a libertarian paradise! #somalia more »
    marciax3: This effort will fail. Have y'all met Somali women? They don't play this shit. #somalia more »
    RubyPenelope: Groups will do anything to gain power and terrorizing people and imposing insane regulations is a by product of their quest for power not religious pu... more »
    linnyt is a walking cliché: That is just too disgusting. Where is the humanity in some people? #somalia more »
    PetiteGal: The same thing could happen here if too many right-wing extremists get their way. #somalia more »
    shoroko: Tell that to Khadija. more »
    Bgirl_Hamster: Sounds like old objections in America over women managers. I will consider these objections "old" on the day that a female is voted into the White H... more »
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