[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...

[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?

[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.

[Ohioan]

Fortunately, this is false. It turns out that cultures can change-otherwise we'd still be living in the 60's

Cultures can change, but that does not make it the business of outsiders to try to change them. We are fighting an enemy that attacked us. We have no role other than that in this War.

As for the 60s, they were certainly very far from ideal. Most of the movements that have messed up America since, were well underway then. But culturally, Americans had a much clearer idea of what was right and what was nonsense than is so today. What was wrong with the 60s is a lot more wrong today. (Clinton was a disciple of the agitation of the 60s, and while speaking like a moderate, actually advanced the cultural nihilism of the Great Society further than Lyndon Johnson ever would have dreamed possible.)

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