That interview on CNN with the Afghan woman's rights activist was heartbreaking

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[róisín_dubh]

1. It really was nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I pray she's safe.

[Budi]

2. Yet their own army simply laid down their weapons & changed into civilian clothes & walked away.

That is the real problem & the real waste & shame.

There never was going to be protectors of the women & children beyond the US.

[treestar]

4. True, we can't stay there forever because of that

and that isn't the only country - if that were our reason, we should be in Saudi Arabia and many parts of Africa.

[Budi]

5. Or watching our own backs here in the US, as christofascism bangs on our doors

We are in our own fragile state, with Women's, children, & civil rights.