Marriage counselling in the new, free, democratic* Afghanistan
Good news, the Afghan government we now partly own, headed by the nattily dressed Hamid Karzai, has passed a law on rape in marriage and women's rights in general. Afghanistan now has something it never had under the Taliban, marital rape and women's rights legislation. Of course it's legislation that legalises rape in marriage and strips women of their right to work or even leave home without permission, but it's a step in the right direction, if that direction is completely the opposite direction from where we were going.
This law represents the official failure of our adventure in Afghanistan. Anyone who supported it has now officially lost the argument and can go pound sand. Thankyou, you will be contacted next time we need someone to miguidedly support a pointless war with unclear aims as a kneejerk reaction to an incident.
*democracy refers to NewDemocracy, now with 30% less democracy
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