The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and resourcefulness to preserve some semblance of civilization.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In Afghanistan, we have had a history of very strong women, and we need to reclaim that history and talk about it.
The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.
The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten.
In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.
In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are being treated as collateral damage as the big boys discuss geopolitical goals.
As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls?
In the 360-degree battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, women have served honorably and fought valiantly. Yet there is a key difference between being in harm's way and reacting to enemy contact, and being in a direct combat operations role day in and day out. They are different scenarios that require different standards.
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.
We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the face of the earth. That we would not use that moment to press for women's rights seems to me unthinkable.
I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.
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