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So here in the UK the moral case for abortion is so fragile that even silent prayer gets you arrested. And observing the dangers of importing people from radically different societies gets you investigated by Prevent. Meanwhile the bien pensant warn of the dangers of a radically different society. I reported from Afghanistan – this is how the regime is whitewashing its brutality What fascinates me is the hypocrisy. Supposedly “anti imperialists” advocating first a war in Afghanistan against “the Taliban” and then deliberately impoverishing what is already one of the poorest societies on the planet by imposing sanctions unless it does as its told. Heaping onto this the suggestion that migrants from these very different societies should be welcomed and that it’s wrong of countries to engage with the Afghans about returning people to their homeland. Add in the fact that the very sanctions regime designed to impoverish the country means many “well educated” Afghans will struggle to do more than subsist, of either sex and the poverty fuels the exodus to the “west”.
Meanwhile attempts by Trump to topple the similar theocracy in Iran are decried and their allies such as Hamas, Houthis and Hezbollah are cast as “freedom fighters” against Israel, which oddly enough does educate girls, has elections and has twice been represented in by “gender queer” performers.
Of course there have been two attempts to force Afghanistan to be “modern” (aka, like us) in my lifetime. Both failed, contributing to the collapse of the USSR after a decade of failure and resulting in an embarrassing retreat for “NATO” after a similarly protracted invasion. Both resulting in the deaths of young men in large numbers from the invading nations. I presume this reporter imagines a similar effort to impose things on the Afghans through armed forces, that will include only a sprinkling of females. While being concerned that large numbers of men coming into western nation from just such places might present some risks is to be considered racist and “far right”.
I suggest her article demonstrates the difficulty of imposing “first world” ideas on others and the wisdom in being very careful who we import to a society so very different to our own.
She could of course advocate the creation of a UN army of Amazons to invaded Afghanistan……….
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Perhaps brave Asiya will volunteer. I visited the Peak District as a woman of colour — it’s never been more important | Metro News Talk about first world problems! Her parents took her to National trust sites so she’s hardly been deprived. Nor should it surprise that there are few ethnic minority folk living in rural areas, given the concentration in a few cities(and the worrying exodus of rural populations in general to cities as well). Should she have ventured to my county, Lancs., where she’d have found many “women of colour” (and men) visiting NT sites etc. for the boring reason that the county has a large “Asian” population. Perhaps Asiya should get out more.
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