[Prime Choice]

Human-rights organizations criticized the Bush administration Wednesday, saying in the three years since the Taliban was ousted from most of Afghanistan, the U.S. has not fulfilled promises of safety, freedom, education and health care for Afghan women.

Funny...I don't recall these activists being that worked up about these women's rights when the Taliban was in power.

And last I saw, women weren't getting bullets in the back of their heads in soccer stadiums under the new regime.

[risk]

They're getting bullets in the back when no one is looking, but the point is that there is progress. There's progress all around. And there are people trying to make even more progress, which is better than before. Notice that they're critical of the people responsible for trying. In western terms, that means they're appealing to America to try harder. Note that they would have nowhere to appeal if the Taliban were still in power!

[diamond6]

Excellent point.