As the
slaughter of the innocent goes on in Afghanistan we keep getting the
same tired old lies, we are winning!! Winning what, in this war what
does winning mean? Most politicians support the fiasco in that
suffering land, but when you ask them why we are there you'll get as
many different answers as politicians you ask. It is to make our
streets safer, lie number 1. It is to bring democracy to Afghanistan,
lie number 2. It is to get rid of the Taliban, lie number 3. It is to
get rid of the opium trade, lie number 4, and so it goes on. However
the biggest lie of all is probably that we are protecting and
improving the rights of women. This surely ranks as the worst piece
of double-speak, the cruellest lie of all, the finest political act
of smoke and mirrors for centuries. The Western planted puppet
President, Karzai, has more or less legalised rape in the hope of
doing a deal with the Taliban when his NATO minders pull out. So much
for women's rights.
