US Foreign Policy

Saving Afghan Women from the “Liberators”

By Patricia DeGennaro, The Women’s Media Center Posted on August 12, 2009, Printed on August 27, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/141901/ Feminists everywhere are justifiably enraged at the suffering of Afghan women. Following the Taliban’s fall, there was a rush to alleviate the plight of Afghan women and girls, backed by millions of dollars in aid. The Ministry …

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Afghan Women to Obama: We Must Be at the Table!

By Patricia DeGennaro The author, a global affairs professor who has worked extensively in Afghanistan, talks to Dr. Masooda Jalal, a political leader and the subject of a new documentary. Her message: women must be involved in peace making; the Taliban and warlords are “only powerful because we allow them to be.” United States President …

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Counting on Karzai: Can he continue as President of Afghanistan for Five More Years?

The current president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, and his entire cabinet, including his opponent, Former Cabinet Minister and Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, are weak and inept. This is not completely their fault. It is the result of a complex Afghanistan that has suffered extreme damage to its governance due to war, invasion, the current …

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Saving Afghan Women from the “Liberators”

The Obama Administration acts as though George Bush abandoned Afghanistan for Iraq and, therefore, an infusion of troops and money will solve the country’s massive problems. But, argues the author, the international community is already engaged and intent on supporting Afghan women. Lasting change must come at the hands of Afghan women themselves—and Afghan men. …

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Ayatollah Khamenei: Saving Face is Never Worth Sacrificing Citizens

Trying to save face, the Iranian government is scrambling to blame the latest post-election unrest on everyone except their own ineptness to count ballots and treat the Iranian people with respect. The current government, fearful of its own survival, undercut the nation’s only ounce of democracy at the expense of everyone except themselves. Read the …

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Obama’s Speech in Cairo: A New Era of Engagement

The United States has a history of asking the Arab world to take action and failing to keep their part. This has been consistently true throughout the Israeli – Palestinian negotiations for peace and further in Iraq when Iraqis were abandoned in their effort to overthrow Saddam Hussein only to face certain death. Read the …

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