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Lamplighter · 07-29-2010, 04:17 PM

The story of Aisha is, indeed, disturbing. I don't have a simple answer.
Maybe a tiny price we parents in the US,
have to pay is being forced to explain to our kids how
it comes to be that young girls can be so mistreated.

But it seems to me that the American public has been mislead for a very long time,
in that we were first told it was a war against Al Queda because of 9/11.
But the current fighting has come to be with the Taliban.
This makes it a religious war, and one that a "Christian" nation can not win.

So using every event as an excuse to criticize Obama will not be profitable,
nor is saying something like "My President, Right or Wrong".
I find myself putting my hope in the likes of Ambassador Holbrook,
to actually negotiate with the Afghan government
and with the Taliban for post-war civility.
Public calls for negotiations with the Taliban will be more useful than
playing towards the politics of our coming elections.

07-29-2010, 04:17 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The story of Aisha is, indeed, disturbing. I don't have a simple answer. Maybe a tiny price we parents in the US, have to pay is being forced to explain to our kids how it comes to be that young girls can be so mistreated. But it seems to me that the American public has been mislead for a very long time, in that we were first told it was a war against Al Queda because of 9/11. But the current fighting has come to be with the Taliban. This makes it a religious war, and one that a "Christian" nation can not win. So using every event as an excuse to criticize Obama will not be profitable, nor is saying something like "My President, Right or Wrong". I find myself putting my hope in the likes of Ambassador Holbrook, to actually negotiate with the Afghan government and with the Taliban for post-war civility. Public calls for negotiations with the Taliban will be more useful than playing towards the politics of our coming elections.