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dchill

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11. Like many Republicans.

Reply to USAFRetired_Liberal (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 09:46 PM

Aug 2021

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An Afghan woman in Kabul: 'Now I have to burn everything I achieved' [View all] blueseas Aug 2021 OP

Sadly for the women there it's the male culture. Decades more American involvement won't solve it PortTack Aug 2021 #1

Not male culture Lokilooney Aug 2021 #10

Small correction DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #14

Fundamentalist Islamic culture lunatica Aug 2021 #18

Bingo !!! Radicals fundamentals in all religions mess stuff up uponit7771 Aug 2021 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueLucy Aug 2021 #15

Which is, spoiler, male dominated. Lancero Aug 2021 #16

All the Abrahamic religions are patriarchal. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #26

I agree. pjpossum Aug 2021 #39

When I was a young man I knew this convert from the States... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #43

I'm sure that went well. pjpossum Aug 2021 #45

bullpucky. Every political system across the globe stands on the necks of women Lokilooney irisblue Aug 2021 #25

Bullpucky. There are some repressive CULTS in the US -- but none of the mainstream religions here, pnwmom Aug 2021 #34

That is not what I said. You have a good night now irisblue Aug 2021 #35

The Taliban are in a league of their own. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #44

Women's inequality here in the US isn't quite as bad. pjpossum Aug 2021 #40

We armed and trained the wrong people to fight the Taliban lapfog_1 Aug 2021 #2

Exactly questionseverything Aug 2021 #4

Yes blueseas Aug 2021 #6

Exactly. niyad Aug 2021 #7

Oh! So right! dchill Aug 2021 #9

Too true. nt crickets Aug 2021 #12

+1 MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #21

100% correct. Vdizzle Aug 2021 #22

I said that from the beginning Warpy Aug 2021 #33

A great example is the Kurds. pjpossum Aug 2021 #37

Yep Withywindle Aug 2021 #46

One of the main things I got from that article USAFRetired_Liberal Aug 2021 #3

That occurred to me as well blueseas Aug 2021 #5

Like many Republicans. dchill Aug 2021 #11

good point LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #23

The opiate of the masses. Vdizzle Aug 2021 #24

Are they the same? quakerboy Aug 2021 #28

Social change happens exceedingly slow. pjpossum Aug 2021 #38

Funny quakerboy Aug 2021 #42

Tell that to the men who are going to get executed for collaboration ansible Aug 2021 #29

Soon we won't think of the women Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #8

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2021 #13

Reading this literally makes me sick to my stomach. Blue Dawn Aug 2021 #17

I hear you... lunatica Aug 2021 #19

It really is, lunatica. Blue Dawn Aug 2021 #20

I know NJCher Aug 2021 #31

Testosterone is the most dangerous thing in the world. OMGWTF Aug 2021 #27

my theory ! monkeyman1 Aug 2021 #30

We should have offered every woman in Afghanistan asylum in the US before we left. meadowlander Aug 2021 #32

The US government denies entry for spouses of American citizens, like my Chinese wife AZLD4Candidate Aug 2021 #36

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