What would you suggest? Replace the government that the United States helped to put in place to replace the original government? What about 'spreading democracy'? The new constitution established the government and the Afghans put it there freely.
The Afghan constitution is a work of studied ambiguity when it comes to religious liberty. Article 2 says Islam is Afghanistan's religion, but it also stipulates that other religions are free to perform their ceremonies within the limits of the law (whatever that means)
This had to be have been written by Rich Lowry. Only an idiot wouldn't understand that this means under their new and improved Westernized constitution Islamic law will be supreme in Afghanistan.
"What would you suggest? Replace the government that the United States helped to put in place to replace the original government? What about 'spreading democracy'? The new constitution established the government and the Afghans put it there freely."
Exactly. And what I'm saying is that we should be using all influence we have to prevent this atrocity. This new government wouldn't exist without us. They depend on us for support. We should certainly have substantial diplomatic and economic leverage to push for this man's rights. The question is whether we have the courage to do it.
We should not have tried to do "Nation Building" in Afghanistan. We had to take care of the Taliban because of 911 but then we should have funded the Northern Alliance and then left that sorry state.