So, apparently within the US government’s Afghanistan-Pakistan Initiative, which is supposed to promote peace in that region, certain issues will have to be sacrificed. Certain issues are, of course, human rights...more precisely women’s rights.
In order to cut down on drug trade and armed resistance, the US, and other governments, may henceforth suck up to their emotionally challenged political counterparts in those countries to safeguard their overarching interests.
Pathetic, once again.
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For a glimpse into the less pathetic intiatives in that troubled region, check out "Three Cups of Tea" which is about this remarkable former climber who has helped to build more than 100 secular schools there, with a special focus on educating girls and young women. He rightly sees the war on terror as a battle in the field of education. Ignorance and desperation, in Mortenson's view, are what lead young Muslims to the madrassas because the abject poverty they face is a more deadly alternative than joining the extremeist movement.
The story, if not the writing which is at time a little clunky), is inspiring and will surely re-invigorate your hope.
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