re: #250 ralphieboy

If THE USA had been concerned about the rights of Afghan women, we would not have objected so vehemently to the Soviet Invasion in 1979: they guaranteed equal rights and education for all Afghan women.

Instead, we helped kick out the Soviets and send Afghan women back to the Middle Ages.

But but but, that would have meant they were forced to live under COMMUNISM!!11!

Naw, more seriously it wasn’t that, the “soviets” were trying to establish a physical presence in the middle east, we opposed that. Of course now that we have gone and done the same thing it seems a bit hypocritical, at least superficially. ;)