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2013-11-25 Afghanistan

Afghanistan 'plans to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery'

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-11-25 07:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This is the 'future role' for Powell's 'moderate Taliban'.

Beyond the moral outrage there's the erosion of US & Western deterrence. What conclusion should a Chinese profiler of the US draw from this?

Why shouldn't an aggressive but rational China hold the US in contempt?

How can containment of a nuclear Iran be even considered an option after this demonstration of abject Western weakness and submission?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-11-25 13:32|| 2013-11-25 13:32|| Front Page Top

#2 European companies won't sell propofol or sodium thiopental to the US if it is used as part of a lethal injection protocol. But they will still send money to Afghanistan. And the systerhood remains shamefully silent also...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-11-25 14:23|| 2013-11-25 14:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice to see the US-Allies has successfully modernized Muslim Afghanistan - NOT???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-11-25 19:04|| 2013-11-25 19:04|| Front Page Top

#4 That sound you're hearing is POTUS Teddy "Bully" Roosevelt demanding that heads roll in the War + Navy Departments for this.

OOOOPPPPPSSSS, my bad, WRONG CENTURY!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-11-25 19:06|| 2013-11-25 19:06|| Front Page Top

#5 given that there are more than a half dozen haditha authorizing stoning and given that Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, and Pakistan have had stoning for adultery lately, nobody should be surprised about this

Posted by lord garth 2013-11-25 20:34|| 2013-11-25 20:34|| Front Page Top

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