Voting to let Bush take his eye off the ball in Afghanistan has had consequences, Hillary.

[Fridays Child]

Personally, I'd rather have Obama answering that 3:00 AM phone call. It's just a question of judgment. Three years into the Iraq invasion that Hillary supported, here's a reminder of what was happening in Afghanistan:

Disembowelled, then torn apart: The price of daring to teach girls

By Kim Sengupta in Ghazni, Afghanistan
Wednesday, 29 November 2006


The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy.

The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.

Mr Halim was one of four teachers killed in rapid succession by the Islamists at Ghazni, a strategic point on the routes from Kabul to the south and east which has become the scene of fierce clashes between the Taliban and US and Afghan forces.

The day we arrived, an Afghan policemen and eight insurgents died during an ambush in an outlying village. Rockets were found, primed to be fired into Ghazni City during a visit by the American ambassador a few days previously.

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[NC_Nurse]

1. OMG! That is SO horrible.

:cry:

[PoliticalAmazon]

2. Yeah, >4000 of them. n/t

[Fridays Child]

4. Not that those consequences should ever be forgotten.

:cry:

[Saturday]

3. Obama stopped funding the war? nt

[msongs]

5. no, he wants more US troops in Afghanistan - and he still votes to fund Iraq nt