tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post4076136764443880829..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: Malalai Joya In her Own WordsVigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-75520351819105559342009-11-20T13:36:29.418-08:002009-11-20T13:36:29.418-08:00@Vig,
thanks for posting this, very well put toget...@Vig,<br />thanks for posting this, very well put together and informative. I'll definitely look into her further.<br />There was a PBS Frontline documentary this week on Neda Soltan, another remarkable young woman, in another place, who faced much of the same theocratic despotism but as we all know paid for her opposition with her life this year.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-41117918527398456762009-11-20T12:14:57.336-08:002009-11-20T12:14:57.336-08:00Vig,
I've spent a few days with this post. I&...Vig,<br />I've spent a few days with this post. I've returned to it three times to digest your comments and then scanned the net for more info on this unsinkable woman, Joya. As a woman who also cares about policy and politics... I would offer this: why can't the strategy just be Peace and can we not employ it through allowing countries to ask for help instead of imposing our armies on them?... the UN is supposed to hold these remedies. Simplistic, as it is, it's what I'm thinking. I think this woman is remarkable, brave and necessary...not just for Afghanistan but for the globe. <br /><br />Vig, it might give you a smile to know that my young (8yrs) lady neighbor who walks in freely (Ugh!) often while I work, came in while I read this piece at one time and watched the video. I explained as much as I could (why why why) ... I think Taylor learned something from it. Nice resonance for Sozadee!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-91642149397706252702009-11-19T09:48:07.273-08:002009-11-19T09:48:07.273-08:00I found this to be a wonderful lesson in Afghanist...I found this to be a wonderful lesson in Afghanistan recent history. I disagree, however that it has no strategic importance. It certainly does, but is the work worth the wait? How much blood has to be shed before we get to the end of the strategic argument? In the final analysis I no longer support this war. We did what we came to do now we need to get the hell out.Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-56699133628728897082009-11-19T06:46:21.296-08:002009-11-19T06:46:21.296-08:00Good points, Beach and Stimpson!Good points, <strong>Beach</strong> and <strong>Stimpson</strong>!Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-22402981059588175732009-11-19T06:44:49.613-08:002009-11-19T06:44:49.613-08:00N.P., That's the Betweenerstan argument I'...N.P., That's the <b>Betweenerstan</b> argument I'm been talking about: because Afghanistan is "in the middle of a lot of other countries", it's supposed to be "strategically important". In fact, that pile of rocks, bereft of resources and modernity, is of less strategic significance than most land-locked territories. <br /><br />Both of us would agree that it is Chaoistan?Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-11902504200265882402009-11-18T21:55:18.546-08:002009-11-18T21:55:18.546-08:00Here's what gets me:
Afghanistan is in the he...Here's what gets me:<br /><br /><em>Afghanistan is in the heart of Asia, so it's a very important place to have military bases – so they can control trade very easily with other Asian powers such as China, Russia, Iran and so on.</em><br /><br />We're supposed to dig in with both boots on this turf, enforce a peace, so that other neighbors can scratch out some investments. China already has a copper mine! Let the neighboring Is-Stans teach these Afghans how to become a nation state. Let's be gone!Non-Partisànhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694153632432142981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-75878281209713604882009-11-18T20:09:15.817-08:002009-11-18T20:09:15.817-08:00Don't shoot me for these two points:
...she sa...Don't shoot me for these two points:<br /><i>...she says that it is wrong to expect Afghanistan will simply collapse into civil war...</i><br /><br />I have to disagree with her, while yes there is a low boil one now I simply don't see any power broker strong enough to feel the vacuum we would leave.<br /><br />And two, I'll be damned but I actually believe Petro is right about what he said. That's why democracy is often compared to sausage making. It’s messy and often stuff goes into laws no one wants to admit because of compromise.<br /><br />Still think we have to get out, we are doing no one any good other than Karzai and his drug warlord kinfolk.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-6939276183232579912009-11-18T17:42:57.326-08:002009-11-18T17:42:57.326-08:00http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&...http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16013<br /><br />For our Canadian friends. Her tour continues.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-45122935765664925822009-11-18T08:48:10.141-08:002009-11-18T08:48:10.141-08:00She's a wonder, isn't she? Out of the sham...She's a wonder, isn't she? Out of the shambles of her childhood emerged this woman who set up covert schools for girls, got elected to he Loya Jirga, and then showed more courage than anyone else at the Loya Jirga by denouncing the murderous thugs in her presence.<br /><br />Petro, I'll assume your remark was tongue-in-cheek.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183891839987655906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-8609442285428205272009-11-18T07:58:57.637-08:002009-11-18T07:58:57.637-08:00Joya just hasn't learned the democratic way of...Joya just hasn't learned the democratic way of playing along in order to get along.Petrosexualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476768500728690320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-56087489641169198722009-11-17T23:13:54.627-08:002009-11-17T23:13:54.627-08:00There's more on Malalai Joya on her website. A...There's more on Malalai Joya on her <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm" rel="nofollow">website</a>. Also there are some fantastic You-Tubes.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com