Village Voice Symposium
Gloria Steinem, founder, Ms. magazine
| Instead of dividing the world into Islam and the West, we need to make clear that we are part of the same world. |
Many of the Afghan women who have been warning us about the Taliban for years say that bombing would be the surest way to unite most Afghanis around them. We need an act as positive as the terrorists were negative. For example, a massive airlift of food and medicine into Afghanistan. Instead of dividing the world into Islam and the West, we need to make clear that we are part of the same world. |