Dems Say Afghans Must Respect Women

AP | 11/24/01 | AP

[anniegetyourgun]

WASHINGTON- House Democrats say the United States must help build and nurture a government in Afghanistan that respects the rights of women.

The recent victories of the northern alliance make it necessary to plan for a post-Taliban regime, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald said in the Democratic radio address aired Saturday.

"The need to ensure that Afghan women will be able to participate freely in the establishment of any interim settlement ... is paramount," said Millender-McDonald of California.

Northern alliance troops closed in Friday on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters trapped in Kunduz, seizing an outlying town without a fight. Alliance commanders said they expected the city to surrender this weekend.

While rebel leaders have said they would allow the United Nations to construct a new government, it is uncertain how much power they would concede to U.N. negotiators and what role women would be allowed to play.

Millender-McDonald said female members of the House are working with U.N. ambassadors to find educated Afghan women in exile and convince them to return. She said they could become a voice for women's rights in the country.

"The women of Afghanistan have had to endure the brutality of the Taliban government for years," she said. "We can be certain that any future government of Afghanistan will not be sustainable unless all elements of Afghan society are included, especially its women, in determining a lasting settlement and political framework for the future."

[anniegetyourgun]

Ahem....DEMS need to practice what they preach....Kennedy, Clinton, Condit, Dodd, et al.

[spald]

Not to worry annie. Perhaps they will issue "snapable" thong undies to the newly emancipated women of Afghanistan.

[TennesseeProfessor]

Where were all the complaints when the Taliban was in charge? If the new government doesn't repsect women, is it our fault for destroying the old one?

[redbaiter]

...any future government of Afghanistan will not be sustainable unless all elements of Afghan society are included, especially its women, in determining a lasting settlement and political framework for the future."

Unfortunately this is false. If the Afghan culture treats women as second or third class citizens then the new govt whatever its exact makeup is going to treat them that way also. Of course, Democrats are welcome to go over there on a permanent basis and try to mend things...

[Marathon Man]

If the Afghan culture treats women as second or third class citizens then the new govt whatever its exact makeup is going to treat them that way also. Of course, Democrats are welcome to go over there on a permanent basis and try to mend things... Fortunately, this is false. It turns out that cultures can change-otherwise we'd still be living in the 60's (ugh).

[IGOTMINE]

What?!? Forcing our cultural mores and standards upon a people? What about DIVERSITY? I thought DIVERSITY was a beautiful thing...the desired endstate in all cases.

Oh, the hypocrisy...

[Sabertooth]

House Democrats say the United States must help build and nurture a government in Afghanistan that respects the rights of women....

"The women of Afghanistan have had to endure the brutality of the Taliban government for years," said Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald in the Democratic radio address aired Saturday.

Would this include the right of women to keep and bear arms?

How different the rule of the Taliban would have been had women simply had that right. Rather than simply enduring brutality, as the Democrats prefer, those poor women could have resisted it.

[Don Corleone]

It turns out that cultures can change-otherwise we'd still be living in the 60's (ugh).

And you think that the Dumbocrats aren't?

[MeekOneGOP]

Dems Say Afghans Must Respect Women

Ahem....DEMS need to practice what they preach....Kennedy, Clinton, Condit, Dodd, et al.

You got that right, Annie!
Also, they are copy-catting Laura Bush's Radio Address from last Saturday??????

Thanks for the post!

[Marathon Man]

My point exactly-American culture has moved past that, although there are some remnants that haven't received the message.

[Brian Allen]

Not to worry annie. Perhaps they will issue "snapable" thong undies to the newly emancipated women of Afghanistan.

And [From Castro via Cuba's UN delegation] Bill-Richardson-smuggled Havana cigars to every degenerate politician!

[janus]

"During the second Anglo-Afghan war, the Afghan woman Malalai carried the Afghani flag into battle after the soldiers bearing the flag were killed by the British". Afghan women played an active role in the fight against European imperialists.

Obviously Afghan women have not always been treated as second class citizens.

[ppaul]

Democrats say the United States must help build and nurture a government in Afghanistan that respects the rights of women.....

Code words for providing US tax dollars to pay for them to kill their babies in the name of "family planning?"

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[anniegetyourgun]

My, my, you are very good at translating liberalese....

[PoorMuttly]

You really are.

[Victoria Delsoul]

"The women of Afghanistan have had to endure the brutality of the Taliban government for years," said Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald in the Democratic radio address aired Saturday.

During the eight years of the Clinton presidency neither Clinton nor the Democrats were concerned about stopping terrorism -- the bombing of the US embassies in Africa and the explosion of the USS Cole were masterminded by Bin Laden -- much less did they care about the rights of Afghanistan women. Clinton and the Democrats were too busy spinning the sexual scandals and ordeals Clinton put the Country through. Speaking of respecting the rights of women…

[CHQmacer]

We need to be doing what's best for American interests. We are there to remove the terrorists and whomever suports them not spread human rights. That was one of our mistakes that lead to this tragety.

Bin Laden and most of his key officers would have been killed long ago if we weren't trying to push human rights in Arab countries.

What they need is to be brutally repressed. They can't handle democracy. They would just vote to give away their right to vote and give the power to the clurgy that hates America.

[PoorMuttly]

"Would this include the right of women to keep and bear arms?"

Let Freedom RING!!!

Uphold the Constitution. It WORKS when we LET it, and stop chickening out!

[rockfish59]

i can see sinatra doing a parody of 'send in the clowns'

'send in the NAGS'!
NAGS/clowns, works both ways!

how about clinton doing his version of vanilla ice's 'ice-ice baby'? boxer and feinstein can sing back-up vocals.

[xp38]

Clearly the Dems have not heard of Star Trek's prime directive.