Voter registration

[Skybird]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/7835000/Pictures-of-the-day-17-June-2010.html?image=24

A burqa-clad Afghan woman has her picture taken as she registers for parliamentary elections at a voter registration centre in Herat, Afghanistan.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5733/afghanburka.jpg (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/afghanburka.jpg/)


I think this extra large ammount of stupidity double forte deserves not just a normal but a a royal handpalm:


http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7682/livemealonelion.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/livemealonelion.jpg/)

[Tchocky]

Ah, small problem there.

[Sailor Steve]

"Yep, looks just like her. I'd know that hood anywhere."

[UnderseaLcpl]

Islam embraces democracy!:roll:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/charlie143james/maximiranburka0qm.jpg

[GoldenRivet]

Those people are going to have to get real and step up out of the middle ages. :nope:

[Skybird]

That statue is a sacrileg. She holds the holy Quran in the unclean left hand. :88)

[UnderseaLcpl]

That statue is a sacrileg. She holds the holy Quran in the unclean left hand. :88)
That's actually the Bible. What do you think the torch is for, duh!:D

[STEED]

"Yep, looks just like her. I'd know that hood anywhere."

What! Even drunk? :)

[nikimcbee]

Can you say ACORN:o. The next thread will be about the US and burkas:shifty:

[Skybird]

The next thread will be about the US and burkas:shifty:

http://dailynewshaikus.com/ClipArt/Haikus/2007.05/2007.05.14/Minnie_Burqa.jpg

[Snestorm]

Send 'em home to Islamland.

[Schroeder]

Send 'em home to Islamland.
They are at home.;)
The first picture was taken in Afghanistan.

[Skybird]

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce. ;)

[nikimcbee]

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce. ;)

I say we just build one big minefield around that country, and give everybody who doesn't want to be there 1 month to leave. After that, you are stuck in islamautopia. and they can keep all of their exports (opium and radical islam to themselves.)
No foreign-aid, no contact, no money, no nuttin. Let them live how they want to live, just keep it on their side on the minefield.:up:

[Schroeder]

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce. ;)
If we just pull out, what would be next. I think the Taleban would retake the country in a heartbeat and after that Al Qaida (or however they are spelled in English:-?) will rebuild it's bases there (in case they need to that is, I've heard the new ones in Pakistan are quiet cosy...) .
It would be a huge propaganda victory for the islamists "Hey, look, we've defeated Nato!". That would surely come in handy for them for their recruit campaigns.

On a side note, I think we should forget about making Afghanistan a democracy like in western countries. It isn't going to work.

[Skybird]

If we just pull out, what would be next. I think the Taleban would retake the country in a heartbeat and after that Al Qaida (or however they are spelled in English:-?) will rebuild it's bases there (in case they need to that is, I've heard the new ones in Pakistan are quiet cosy...) .
It would be a huge propaganda victory for the islamists "Hey, look, we've defeated Nato!". That would surely come in handy for them for their recruit campaigns.

On a side note, I think we should forget about making Afghanistan a democracy like in western countries. It isn't going to work.
All nice and well, it is a loss of face, like the US stayed in Vietnam too long for not loosing its face.

There is no point in staying i Afghánstian and doing "something" for them. It does not work, it will not work, and thus it is not worth the life of any Western soldiers. The Taleban cannot be defeated, since nobody is willing to crack down on Pakistan. Their likes will take over what you leave behind after pulling out. Whatever you leave behind thus is a waste of resources.

I haven't accepted to risk our (German and American and other Western) troops' lives over there since many years now, since after the Iraq war began and the US had started to shift its troops from Afghansitan to Iraq. And I will not change my mind for the rest of this conflict. It is a battle in vein. Morally I cannot justify to put our soldiers lives at risk for this nonsense. It's not worth it, and the result always will be something that works against us - becasue it is Afghanistan and not some district in Arkansas or Middle Europe.

[Skybird]

BTW, this thread started with a (admitted: unvoluntary) cartoon, so...

[Snestorm]

They are at home.;)
The first picture was taken in Afghanistan.

In that case, I have no complaints.
Their land, their rules.

[GoldenRivet]

In that case, I have no complaints.
Their land, their rules.

agreed.

but you must admit the sheer stupidity of this photo ID concept, as not one identifying characteristic can be seen.

[Snestorm]

agreed.

but you must admit the sheer stupidity of this photo ID concept, as not one identifying characteristic can be seen.

That I do.

[nikimcbee]

These afghans are soooo behind the times. They've been doing this in chicago for years.:dead::doh: