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2004-10-09 Afghanistan/South Asia

Afghans turn out for first presidential election

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Posted by Seafarious 2004-10-09 11:56:48 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cheers for Afghanistan here as well. To think this central Asian nation was under one of the most repressive, animal like Islamic regimÃ© since the Dark Ages just a couple of years ago, where females had to wear cloth sacks from head to toe (burkas) under threats of death if they tried to get any form of education.

Now they are not only back in school, but voting plus running for public office in the nation's first national free election! That's the Bush doctine, it spells freedom, not Euro-Kerry appeasement

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-09 2:45:22 AM|| 2004-10-09 2:45:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Many if not most of us have seen the film "Osama". If you haven't, you really must!

The first feature film from Afghanistan since liberation, it's the story of a young girl who is forced, through the cruelty of the Taliban, to pose as a boy in order to provide for her widowed mother and grandmother. She takes the name Osama. It's a heartbreaking movie and will stay with you for weeks after.

It's available on tape and DVD from Blockbuster, etc. See it. See the breed of bastards that Spann, Tillman, and other heroes gave their lives cleansing the Earth of and you will be doubly proud of our President, our forces, and our allies.

Best wishes to the brave people of Afghanistan and Iraq. I pray democracy and freedom flourish there.

Posted by JDB 2004-10-09 4:12:50 AM|| 2004-10-09 4:12:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Good luck to all the candidates. If you see two guys on a motorcycle, duck."
"The hell with ducking -- shoot back!"

Chase them into a minefield that's lying around! They're Paks, they don't know about it!

Posted by Charles 2004-10-09 7:21:41 AM|| 2004-10-09 7:21:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Many grandstanding LLL will accuse us of social engineering, but given what was being produced pre-invasion (training of terrorists and opium), the Afghanis have come a long way out of darkness. The task we have taken on is HUGE! We are working to transform a failed nation into something that will stand on its feet and still will preserve what is good in its culture. Nobody would take on that task except us. It would have been easy just to level the place, cut off its transport, water, food production, etc to deny it to the enemy. We took the tougher path, which will pay higher dividends, but will take much extra effort.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-09 1:30:24 PM|| 2004-10-09 1:30:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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