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(19,768 posts)47. The consequences of a particular religion. n/t
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He meant the POSTS were pre-invasion. Not the pictures. The pictures were from before.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2014
#67
My claim was that there were posts here at time of invasion. Having trouble why I am called wrong.
madfloridian
Mar 2014
#29
"Pre-War" here refers to the Afghan Civil War and the Russian intervention therein
Scootaloo
Mar 2014
#20
Perhaps you should read what the women themselves have to say about their situation. They have
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#81
Reproductive rights are incredibly significant. And the TRAP laws are funded by the religious right.
PeaceNikki
Mar 2014
#9
Yes but religious anti-choicers are winning that one with secular arguments...
Hippo_Tron
Mar 2014
#19
yeah, well, the fucking asterisk of *except reproductive rights doesn't cut it for me.
PeaceNikki
Mar 2014
#23
I know it's fucking huge. and you know that I've said here that it's of major importance
cali
Mar 2014
#32
Cultural appropriation has nothing to do with this and women's rights aren't a western value...
Hippo_Tron
Mar 2014
#24
The Taliban is the reason you see the number of women wearing them today that you do...
Hippo_Tron
Mar 2014
#71
When "Western values" dovetail with human rights for all people, they're good.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#80
You cannot support Women's Rights and support War! That is a perfect demonstration
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#16
Are you asking me if I supported Hitler's war machine? Not sure what was unclear in my comment
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#25
There are usually two sides to a war. In WWII it was Hitler vs FDR/Churchill etc.
CJCRANE
Mar 2014
#27
I thought my comment was clear. If I had been a citizen of the Soviet Union, or since someone else
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#31
It was the seeming conflation of the US invasion and the rapid decline of women's rights
etherealtruth
Mar 2014
#37
Isn't it true the Taliban went out of power in 2001. Regrouped in Pakistan?
madfloridian
Mar 2014
#61
And many people did understand it. As for how Bush's invasion of Afghanistan affected women there
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#90
I follow the plight of women all over the world. We haven't invaded the Congo yet I know for a fact
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#70
Same thing for the women of Iraq ... who used to have something we still don't have here, equal pay
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#82
The late ConsAre Liars traveled in Afghanistan extensively in the late '60s/early '70s
Blue_In_AK
Mar 2014
#75
I remember his posts on Afghanistan, they were a wonderful resource for the history of that country
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#83
I wondered why he wasn't posting every once in a while, but thought he was probably
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#88