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2018-10-02 Afghanistan

Senate blocks Afghan Bacha bāzī aka Dancing Boy funding prohibition

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-02 03:45|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Flake and Coons were away at the Global Citizen Festival.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-02 03:56|| 2018-10-02 03:56|| Front Page Top

#2 he was opposed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders who of course have their own teams of Dancing Boys

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-02 09:33|| 2018-10-02 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 See also 'U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies.'

The West has ZERO civilizational confidence.

For this reason alone any attempt at 'liberating' Afghanistan or Arab/Muslim nations has been doomed from the beginning.

Operation ~~'Infinite Justice'~~ ~~'Thank You Sir! May I Have Another'~~ 'Whatever It's Called in 2018' is about appeasing and paying danegeld to moderate and not so moderate Taliban.
Which is why current Western involvement in Afghanistan is actively eroding Western deterrence aside from being expensive and deadly.

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-10-02 14:41|| 2018-10-02 14:41|| Front Page Top

#4 The article said that two key opponents to Rand Paul's proposal were Bob Corker of Tennessee, and (surprise) Bob Menendez of New Jersey. "it would be impossible to enforce" is the claim.

Oh yeah? Put Dan Quinn, Greg Buckley, and Jason Brezler in charge of the eradication effort.

Under Coker and Menendez, "suttee" would still be practiced in India, because a prohibition "would have been impossible to enforce" (really? Just ask General Charles Napier).

Posted by Lone Ranger 2018-10-02 19:43|| 2018-10-02 19:43|| Front Page Top

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