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37. To be fair we never tried to fix th his sort of thing

Reply to Rustyeye77 (Original post)

Wed Aug 11, 2021, 07:42 PM

Aug 2021

The U.S. has a thing about not interfering with the local culture, this seems to be an over the top example.

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Advancing Taliban go door-to-door and forcibly take girls as young as TWELVE to be sex slave 'wives' [View all] Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 OP

Daily Mai....nevermind n/t leftstreet Aug 2021 #1

+1...nt SidDithers Aug 2021 #22

+2 - nt Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #26

+3 obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #36

The fear in those girls' eyes... secondwind Aug 2021 #2

Yes, me too 😔 Quakerfriend Aug 2021 #5

Thats not fear. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #16

OMT Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #29

Wtf? Why wouldn't they? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #41

I agree. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #43

If it was good enough for Muhammad........... ripcord Aug 2021 #38

I'm surprised its just little girls, I thought they had a things for young boys too. Dan Aug 2021 #3

They do. alphafemale Aug 2021 #7

Thanks for clarifying... Dan Aug 2021 #17

" They dress them like girls and make them dance then rape them." Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #20

It is in "The Kite Runner" alphafemale Aug 2021 #32

That practice was outlawed by the Taliban. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #42

Yes, it's called bacha bazi. We ignored it. Sympthsical Aug 2021 #28

And some people dare to say America has moral authority. alphafemale Aug 2021 #33

If this... why in the world are we bringing them here? Dan Aug 2021 #35

Are you contending that all Afghanis are Pederasts? maxsolomon Aug 2021 #44

Of course not, so I could have expressed it better.... Dan Aug 2021 #45

We are bringing those families here. alphafemale Aug 2021 #46

Who would have guessed? lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #4

whether true qazplm135 Aug 2021 #6

Too bad their military calguy Aug 2021 #9

+1. The Afghan army never tried to win, and it is not our fight. dalton99a Aug 2021 #15

300,000 trained and armed. bottomofthehill Aug 2021 #18

No real point in ever affecting the change we want to see in others. LanternWaste Aug 2021 #13

yes qazplm135 Aug 2021 #14

Anyone who thought this was going to be anything but a horror show mn9driver Aug 2021 #8

I mean, there already has been a lot of innocent deaths. Drunken Irishman Aug 2021 #10

We are very unlikely to ever know how many the Taliban are going to kill. mn9driver Aug 2021 #11

They're likely to die in both scenarios. Drunken Irishman Aug 2021 #23

Unfortunately, brutality towards women is both a historical and worldwide problem LanternWaste Aug 2021 #12

What happens in a month or so when Afghanistan falls ? Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #19

Iran, China and Pakistan are going to carve it up. roamer65 Aug 2021 #21

There have been terrorist attacks against Chinese in Pakistan . China may regret JI7 Aug 2021 #51

There's already bloodbath and endless 12 yo sex slaves. Drunken Irishman Aug 2021 #24

Two decades and trillions of dollars. Lancero Aug 2021 #25

With all due respect... Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #27

And yet you're the one posting story, after story, about how the Taliban... Lancero Aug 2021 #30

I guess I'm a bleeding heart. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #31

I would sew razors into their garments somehow. alphafemale Aug 2021 #34

To be fair we never tried to fix th his sort of thing ripcord Aug 2021 #37

I'll catch some heat for this, but it's my side belief. Progressive Jones Aug 2021 #39

No heat from me. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #40

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #48

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #49

Bless the Beasts and the Children alphafemale Aug 2021 #47

Pakistan does the same thing JI7 Aug 2021 #50

Awful 😢 Raine Aug 2021 #52

It is heartbreaking. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #53