Thursday, July 29, 2010
The editor explains: The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture
Our cover image this week is powerful, shocking and disturbing. It is a portrait of Aisha, a shy 18-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by a Taliban commander to have her nose and ears cut off for fleeing her abusive in-laws. Aisha posed for the picture and says she wants the world to see the effect a Taliban resurgence would have on the women of Afghanistan, many of whom have flourished in the past few years. Her picture is accompanied by a powerful story by our own Aryn Baker on how Afghan women have embraced the freedoms that have come from the defeat of the Taliban -- and how they fear a Taliban revival...[More.]
American intervention didn't cut that woman's nose off. Western imperialism didn't cut that woman's nose off. The people who cut her nose off don't give a damn about Gaza.
Whether we should stay in Afghanistan or not depends on a number of factors, but stay or go never forget this is what is out there and it can't be ignored or wished away. We're over there because we tried to ignore it and they came over here to try to cut our noses off.
Via Daniel Halper: Taliban Brutality and Sissy: TIME magazine ends debate on the war in Afghanistan?
Great post. Thanks for the link!
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Before we cut and run--the last job our military should do is provide 12 gauge pump shotguns, 100 shells of #00 buckshot, and shooting lessons to all Afghan women.
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The guy(s) who disfigured this poor young woman need to pay a real price for their crimes. The ladies can start shooting at foot level and work their way up.
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John Bibb
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its the religion of peace!
Those damn Misunderstanders of Islam!
What a bunch of animals! What a bunch of brave bastards that disfigure women on a regular basis and murder civilians. It's time to either get the hell out of there if we're not going to do what needs to be done or do what we had to do in Japan and Germany.
I work in Saudi Arabia. I will bet you that we will not see that cover on their International Edition.
Time magazine is stoking the flames of irrational islamophobia - CAIR.
I just used my powers of mental telepathy to eavesdrop on a CAIR outreach session.
Actually Time magazine should be ashamed of itself, again, for sinking so lhoow. This horrific picture of this poor woman should not be on the cover of a magazine.