Schoolgirls attacked with acid in Afghanistan

[Wetzelbill]

Run time: 02:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MkoTZZ0Ns   Posted on YouTube: November 12, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 12, 2008 By DU Member: Wetzelbill Views on DU: 821

 
DISCLAIMER: THE BEGINNING WITH THE VIDEO OF THE INJURED GIRLS IS GRAPHIC.

[TomInTib]

1. I suppose McCain neglected to tell the DoD how to win this thing.

[Wetzelbill]

2. Tom, I don't know if I should laugh or cry at that comment

We live in some screwed up times, my friend. :)

[TomInTib]

3. That old fool was running around, spouting that drivel.

And the Taliban is running around downtown Kandahar.

[Wetzelbill]

5. McCain proved he really wasn't a serious candidate

He offered no serious solutions, I mean this guy conflated Sunni and Shia on a regular basis, how the hell was he going to figure out the differences between Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Afghanis, Panjshir Tajiks etc etc? Like you said, he was spouting that drivel while the Taliban were in Kandahar, it was ridiculous.

[daninthemoon]

4. My God. I wonder how long the school has been empty like that.

This was an ongoing campaign, not an isolated incident. Women's rights are still non-existent in most of the world, but this is happening on our watch. If cheney and company hadn't been in such a damned hurry to cash in in Iraq, maybe this wouldn't be happening here.

[Wetzelbill]

6. you're exactly right

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Those poor kids

:cry:

[Wetzelbill]

8. It honestly hurts me to see things like that

How cruel can a person be? They're just kids wanting to learn, they weren't hurting anybody.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Their crime is learning while female

[Wetzelbill]

11. which, of course, isn't a crime

That's awful. How cold-hearted does a person have to be to do something like that? I can't even begin to understand. They must think of women as less than nothing. Like dirt. I can't grasp how people can dehumanize another human being like that.

[daninthemoon]

10. Women are suffering terribly all over the world. If Hilary was UN ambassador,

or possibly sec of state, it seems to me she could have a powerful influence on women's rights everywher on Earth. What a powerful team she and President Obama could present on issues like this. I think the impact would be huge.

[Wetzelbill]

12. she'd be fantastic

I think several people would be great in one of those spots, but, yes, Hillary would be awesome. I don't know how interested she'd be in either though.

[daninthemoon]

13. It depends on wether she would embrace it as an opportunity to

work on worldwide women's rights issues. If the position would be like rice's, no substance, she should not consider it. I think if she used it as I've described, she could possibly have a bigger impact than shoe could have from the wh.