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This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - NOS2Go4Me - 04-15-2009
And it's tragically ironic that the latest person to die in Afghanistan as a soldier was a woman :( :(
Afghans protesting new marriage law pelted by stones
Quote:The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse ââ¬â a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape. It also regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.
That's a great new law they have there. Who the hell drafted it - the illegitimate clone spawn of Archie Bunker and Al Bundy?
Man, I've seen about enough out of people like that. :angry:
This is what over 100 Canadians have died for (in the middle of unwarranted aggressive combat operations, but that's another entire kettle of fish) - the stoning of Afghanis by other Afghanis for merely speaking out... and NO ONE does ANYTHING to apprehend or prosecute the ones doing the stoning.
This truly makes me sick. :angry: And angry.
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - Flofocus - 04-16-2009
Get our guys out of there. I support the troops 100%, but this just shows you how fawked these people are...
Quote:Sajadi, engaged to be married, said she plans to follow the law and ask her husband's permission to leave the house.
Yeah, sounds like a great life.
Quote:She said the parts of the law dealing with sexual relations between husband and wife have been misinterpreted by Westerners.
Nope, not misunderstood or misinterpreted, my dog has more rights than you. Thats VERY clear.
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - mo_focus - 04-16-2009
sorry i dont see the problem here, my wife was talking about this the other day as well.
"The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse "
so whats the problem again??? :)
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - reldridge - 04-16-2009
Um, I thought it was Hamid Karzai that drafted the law... ?
Either way, it's fawked. My wife thought I was joking when I was telling her about it.
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - mo_focus - 04-16-2009
reldridge,Apr 15 2009, 05:10 PM Wrote:Um, I thought it was Hamid Karzai that drafted the law... ?
Either way, it's fawked. My wife thought I was joking when I was telling her about it.
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yep and he is a US graduate, I bet he wasnt getting any when he was in school so now he is getting revenge!
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - Flofocus - 04-16-2009
lol
This Is What We're Fighting For In Afghanistan - Dimitri - 04-16-2009
Good friend of mine just got back a little while ago from that god-forsaken region of Earth. Some of the soldiers are put on guard duty wherever they post up. Now travelling with certain platoons there is an interpreter to help communicate with the locals (this will play a part in the story shortly).
These animals (and I use the term loosely) strap bombs to kids on bicycles and they ride up to unknowing soldiers and these guys set them off remotely killing anybody in the vicinity. Now certain rules stipulate (with marked signs in various languages) locals are not allowed to approach the base entrance without some sort of permission. Well one night a young boy on a bicycle was riding past up and down the dirt road in front of my buddy and the interpreter. Both of them were un-easy about the situation because the little boy did not pass the "threshold" or the painted yellow lines in front of the base entrance.
Well that young boy got a little more courageous and started riding up towards my friend. The interpreter started screaming @ the boy in their local dialect to stop and turn around. He ignored the warning and kept proceeding, after a couple more attempts from the interpreter, my buddy figured it was him or them, raised his weapon and pulled the trigger!!!
NOTHING!!!!, The gun had jammed even though he cleaned it a few hours earlier before his "watch" started. The little boy on the bike wanted to give my friend some chocolate, and nothing more. Whispered into my friends ear in the broken english that the kid knew of "please mister take me back to Canada so I can play".
The interpreter told the boy not to do what he did for future safety's sake and shoo'd him off. On later inspection it turned out that, that one bullet that was in the chamber of his gun was faulty and the rest were in satisfactory condition. He basically broke down, was relieved of his duty for the evening, pondering how he ended up out there.
I've grown up with him, when he came back, I noticed a change, a dark change. I don't know what he's seen, I don't know what he's done, BUT I don't want to know. His platton is up in Petawawa right now, on stand-by, he might be going out to Manitoba to help with the flood relief, a much subtler change than the environment he came from.
I don't take any credit for any frontline heroism blah blah blah, working at the airport I've had the distinct honor of loading/offloading the bodies of fallen soldiers that have come through there. Believe me, military funeral processions on the ramp are not the easiest ones to stomach.
My heart & best wishes go out to ALL our beloved soldiers for a speedy return home.
P.S sorry for the long story.