BREAKING THE 200 BARRIER
I like many people have watched with sadness the news of the casualties in Afghanistan the last couple of months. And sadly they will not be the last.
The men and woman who serve our country do so with incredible bravery. Way more than I could ever imagine. And my hat goes off to them, and their families.
But I sometimes, well, no often, ask what it's all about. This latest push is all about the upcoming elections in the country and how important the 'democracy' is. We in this country would all agree about that. How important that is. But are our men and woman out their fighting to uphold a democracy that would pass laws that would allow:-
"a man to withhold food from his wife if she refuses his sexual demands; a woman must get her husband's permission to work; and fathers and grandfathers are given exclusive custody of children." see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8204207.stm
What kind of democracy are we settling for????
posted by Rev. Alan Gibbon @ 6:35 PM
2 Comments:
Get your point and share your views but we have to remember that democracy was never the Afghan way. There is a danger too that we 'impose' upon them a way of democracy that is Western and does not uphold or understand their culture.
Most of us in the West would never dream of imposing such draconian laws regarding women and I abhor their proposals. I am aware though that this is a totally different culture and society than our own. I fear that many in the West fail to understand this.
Afghanistan's democracy will be like the infant in the cradle and through time it will grow and develop but will it ever be like ours?
Do we in the West have a true democracy?
Tom
Hi Tom
I am aware that they have very different customs and ways in Afghanastan and would never suggest that we should impose our ways on them. You just need to look at all the bother we have caused all over the world by doing that!!!!
But, their political institutions are being based on who's model of democracy? In a tribal system??
My question was that after 7/8 years of being in a country, should our troops still be dying for it??
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