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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:49 PM Original message |
Clinton to Afghan women: 'We will not abandon you' |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah we will. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. In Other Words, We Just Did |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. We abandoned Afghan women and girls when we supported the jihadists |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Yes, we did. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Yeah, because the Soviets were kittens and sunshine. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Tow the line? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. No, but you knew that. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. There are a lot of things I don't know. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. We already have ... TWICE! Plus the Afghan women choose their native men over the INVADERS. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. "We will not abandon you...as long as that pipeline remains in play." |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Itd be cheaper to give them all green cards and get the fuck out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. RAWA to Clinton: Go home. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. RAWA does not speak for all of the women of Afghanistan |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And what do you make of that? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Just what I said. nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. They don't, but it shows that there's more than one side to this. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I suppose those that RAWA does not speak for, cannot speak at all |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. You suppose correctly. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. and your evidence for your extraordinary claim is.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Watch the video if you can. The RAWA rep is stunningly powerful, imo. n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. RAWA was opposing the Taliban when the US was trying to make a business deal with them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yup. n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. No, poll based. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You must be new here. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. ....... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Who claimed to know how the Afghan people think? No one that I can see. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Not new. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Could you lay hands on one of those? Because all the reports I see |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Check BBC and ABC News. nt |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Here you go... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Thanks, Turborama. It's going to take me a while to sift through |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. When a politician makes a promise... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Perhaps you mean "braise." |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great - bomb a few Canuks, a few Afghan weddings, and other Afghans |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Unfortunately the guys on "our side" are just as bad as the Taliban n/t |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Of course we'll abandon them |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. We will kill you with Drones before we Abandon YOU! n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Translation: "We think pretending we care about you will make us look good." |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. particularly when Afghan women lack access to radio or TV |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Blah blah blah |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Good luck, "stability" = dictatorship, and who knows where the women's rights will be... |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. didnt we say that to Bennizar Butto? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. Can't win the original mission? Change the mission! |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. Does that mean we'll make it easier for Afghan women to get asylum in the U.S.? |
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