Everyone acts like we spent the past decade getting Afghanistan to come our of the Dark Ages and join the 21st century.
That is a simple – and wrong – explanation. Between religion, culture, and decades of war, yes, the place is a tad behind the times. Some of that, however, is by choice.
I mean, we’ve got so-called Christians who are too afraid to leave their homes because they are afraid of gay people. So bigotry, hatred, and sexual hatred isn’t anything new.
That said, this story about how an Afghan pilot has to take her daughter on her chopper during potential combat missions is just damn unsettling.
I get why she does it. You just wish someone would pull their head out of their ass and create conditions where she doesn’t have to make the decision in the first place.
You can give folks weapons. You can train their to use them. You can slap names on buildings that make it the Ministry of Whatsit. But you can’t make a nation out of guns and name plaques. You’ve got to get them to want to do it.
Now, he’s done a great job in his role. How Bush picked someone competent for a government job just amazes me, but I guess he had to after Rumsfeld.
I know he’s being serious here and wants to save American lives and treasure, but I just get giggly thinking about how much this sounds like The Princess Bride:
“You only think I guessed wrong! That’s what’s so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders – The most famous of which is ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia’ – but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line”! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha… ” – Vizzini
Find this prick guilty, line him up, and let our men and women know that, while they may not like that a black man is giving them orders, they have to obey them. And that’s the point. These racist traitors don’t care whether or not the orders are legally or morally sound (I mean, this is the same ilk who didn’t care about torturing people), but they DO seem to take issue when the Commander in Chief isn’t lily white.
This isn’t America, and these jerks need to either get on board or muster out and join a militia so we can arrest their traitorous kind and throw them behind bars.
The all (Hate) Jesus all the time party endorsed religious persecution of a non-Christian faith all while saying words like “freedom” without allowing it for persons who did not look and believe as they did.
Nothing surprising there, just another example of conservative hypocrisy.
The all (Hate) Jesus all the time party endorsed religious persecution of a non-Christian faith all while saying words like “freedom” without allowing it for persons who did not look and believe as they did.
Nothing surprising there, just another example of conservative hypocrisy.
