Heckuva job, Karzai

Posted By Blake Hounshell Friday, April 3, 2009 - 12:42 PM Share

Looks like the Afghan government has given European countries the perfect excuse to justify their unwillingness to ante up:

Nato's head says it could be difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to Afghanistan because of controversial new laws.

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the planned laws violated human rights and were unjustifiable when Nato troops were dying to protect universal values.

Critics say the law limits the rights of women from the Shia minority and authorises rape within marriage.

MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images

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April 4, 2009

Well lets just expand on this

Well lets just expand on this irresponsible journalism, by giving the why. Jaap thought the extreme whipping of a girl in the NW territories of Pakistan (on film), in additon the new law Karzai signed allowing for rape by Taliban minded 12th century barbarians, as counter productive to the mission of democratization for Afganistan. Oh, I forgot, Obama wants stability not Democracy.

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