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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-11 08:13 AM
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Women's rights in Afghanistan abysmal after long, costly war
Women's rights in Afghanistan abysmal after long, costly war
By Neil Swanson, Vancouver Sun November 29, 2011 1:00 AM

I wish someone in Stephen Harper's government could explain definitively, what the Canadian mission in Afghanistan was attempting to accomplish.

When we finally pull out, 159 young men (to date) will have sacrificed their lives. And according to one government report, it will have cost $18.1 billion dollars. And for what?

It sure wasn't for a fair, democratic and just society.

What we have is a government that allows a barbaric judicial system to imprison women for being sexually assaulted or raped, while the offender is totally exonerated of any crime.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-11 12:56 PM
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1. Is anyone surprised?
Are there very many 'good guys' there who want to change their social mores about women? Enough to maintain law and order over those who obviously agree with the status quo?
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