U.S. Marines in Afghanistan in November 2001. (US Marine Corps Photo)
We’ve had compelling, public evidence for at least five full years that the minuscule progress achieved for Afghan women just after the invasion had already been rolled back to essentially square one by about 2008.
Nevertheless, over the past five years, Afghan women have been rhetorically — usually not even visually or in person — trotted out as props to justify a continued (failed) U.S. presence. Even now, women are cited as the only reason the U.S. invasion and occupation was a justifiable success, despite the fact that this is itself a blatant lie.
Here’s an article on the pseudo-feminism of the American war effort, by Rafia Zakaria, a columnist for Pakistan’s “Dawn” newspaper.
Opinion: B-52 bomber feminism http://t.co/mVXXnKqlF2 via @rafiazakaria
— Al Jazeera America (@ajam) January 4, 2015
