ROGER SIMON: Taliban Takeover Amid US Negligence a Disaster for Afghani Women.
Beyond the obvious rise in terrorism now almost inevitable from the disaster in Afghanistan, beyond the many friends and allies likely to suffer death or torture, beyond the disgraceful waste of twenty years of American people and treasure, more than anything, our so-called progressive leaders—in their negligence—have inadvertently instigated one of the greatest examples of misogyny in human history.
Think of what will become of the women of that country at the hands of the Taliban—aware, as opposed to “woke,” people remember the summary executions of females in their soccer stadium—as well as their treatment at the equally “feminist” hands of al-Qaeda and the rapidly renewing ISIS.
These are the same Afghani women who were attending universities and working like normal modern people under our protection while we were there. Now they will be left trying to survive under the most extreme and oppressive versions of sharia law, if they are not raped or shot.
Eli Lake has pointed out in an article that Taliban leaders are already preparing lists of young girls who will be “married” to their loyalists. One can only imagine the result.
As Charles Cooke writes: The Democratic Party Can’t Have It Both Ways on Afghanistan. “Rhetorically, Joe Biden’s party is trying to have it both ways. Leaving because it’s time to put ‘America First’ is a coherent course — albeit not one I would have counseled. Staying while talking about the importance of universal human rights is too. But leaving while talking about the importance of universal human rights? That’s a bad joke. Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that she was ‘deeply concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s brutal treatment of all Afghans, especially women and girls,’ while praising Biden for his ‘clarity’ and ‘wisdom’ in taking a series of actions that will lead directly to that brutal treatment. This makes no sense. As of today, it is simply not possible to say that you think the United States should leave and that you hope it will all work out. The United States is leaving, and it is not working out.”