Oh...MSM! Scrub that last request will ya?:banghead:
Now where did I leave my glasses?:roll:
Now where did I leave my glasses?:roll:
Afghanistan`s Dirty Little Secret
- Thread starter JBeee
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Surely you are not saying the Muslim men would do anything unclean in the middle
east. After all in that neighbourhood, over in Iran they are going to stone a woman
to death for a little hanky panky and another 99 lashes for not having her face covered in that wonderful democracy. Tell me it isn't so Bat Man. Come to think of
it I often wondered about Batman and Robin too
east. After all in that neighbourhood, over in Iran they are going to stone a woman
to death for a little hanky panky and another 99 lashes for not having her face covered in that wonderful democracy. Tell me it isn't so Bat Man. Come to think of
it I often wondered about Batman and Robin too
When President Bush declared war on the terrorists, he said there would be no difference drawn between the terrorists and those who harbor them. Those Afghanistan civilians who want to harbor them, are the enemy also. They have options. (turn them over or move out of the way)
Then you should have no qualms when American civilians were `in the way` when those two towers came a tumbling down, correct?
BTW... President Bush lied to you ironsides.:smile:
BTW... President Bush lied to you ironsides.:smile:
Bin Laden and his supporters started this war, and he (if he is still alive) and his supporters will be destroyed. Where did Bush lie in his declaration of war against them? Maybe it is time to stop thinking and or watching shock blogs and get some facts. Just a suggestion for a few of you. watch "Behind 9/11 on National Geographic Channel" two parts.
In the Pashtun regions in particular southern Afghanistan there is a widespread practice refered to as "Bacha Bazi"
It takes various forms but generally consists of taking early pubescent boys into sexual companions.
Interestingly, it is extremely rare for anyone practicing it to refer to it as homosexuality, which is forbidden in Islam. It is hypothesized that the practice originates from the near total isolation of women in Pashtun culture, and with many men not getting a chance to marry at all in depressed economic conditions.
Declared an abomination by the Taliban, it was declared haram and punished by death during their rule.
With the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the practice has seen a major resurgence, and has been a constant point of contention between mostly western coalition forces, and the native population.
The problem of how to handle a culture that institutionalizes child sexualization and exploitation is one without a clear answer, and for the most part has simply been ignored.
Coalition forces have typically been ordered to ignore the practice and take no action, troops in the field have been instructed to simply avoid any talk of pedophilia or homosexuality at all.
What is particularly depressing about this state of affairs is that there's no end in sight.
When a practice is wildly held as acceptable in a society, how does one reverse it, without driving even more people into the insurgent movement?
Should the coalition forces attempt to put an end to it, they are essentially declaring war on a people's way of life and directly making them an enemy.
Ironically, maybe the best chance to end this particular institutionalized violation of human rights (as seen by many in the west) is in Islamic fundamentalist forces like the Taliban.
Green Beret discharged for beating alleged child rapist speaks out - CNNPolitics.com
Full text of the report:
https://info.publicintelligence.net/HTT-PashtunSexuality.pdf
It takes various forms but generally consists of taking early pubescent boys into sexual companions.
Interestingly, it is extremely rare for anyone practicing it to refer to it as homosexuality, which is forbidden in Islam. It is hypothesized that the practice originates from the near total isolation of women in Pashtun culture, and with many men not getting a chance to marry at all in depressed economic conditions.
Declared an abomination by the Taliban, it was declared haram and punished by death during their rule.
With the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the practice has seen a major resurgence, and has been a constant point of contention between mostly western coalition forces, and the native population.
The problem of how to handle a culture that institutionalizes child sexualization and exploitation is one without a clear answer, and for the most part has simply been ignored.
Coalition forces have typically been ordered to ignore the practice and take no action, troops in the field have been instructed to simply avoid any talk of pedophilia or homosexuality at all.
What is particularly depressing about this state of affairs is that there's no end in sight.
When a practice is wildly held as acceptable in a society, how does one reverse it, without driving even more people into the insurgent movement?
Should the coalition forces attempt to put an end to it, they are essentially declaring war on a people's way of life and directly making them an enemy.
Ironically, maybe the best chance to end this particular institutionalized violation of human rights (as seen by many in the west) is in Islamic fundamentalist forces like the Taliban.
Green Beret discharged for beating alleged child rapist speaks out - CNNPolitics.com
Full text of the report:
https://info.publicintelligence.net/HTT-PashtunSexuality.pdf
Ummm I wonder why many of the judge the west so harshly? Could be just me, but If I was a pedophile, opium addict, and woman beater; I might be more tolerant of others.