Back to Basics

I apologize for the lapse in posting... I was frustrated since the blogger server screw up during which I deleted 3 long posts out of frustration and panic.. right now I am backed up with four posts that are still under process.

Meanwhile... Afghanistan before U.S. intervention: war-lord lain, fundamentalist, seemingly lawless, almost equivalent to an eastern or should I say Islamic version of the wild-west... After a tiring invasion the result is a make-shift democractic government reflective of the wills of the people... or is it?

The United States is deeming a death sentence on a Muslim to Christian convert "ridiculous" in a recent story by CNN. The government of Afghanistan maybe based on democractic process but is rooted in Sharia or Islamic law.

This brings up an argument.. does democracy = secularity? The American definition seems not apply here at all, but after sacrificing money, time, and troops lives the result is still a strict society in which "Death" is a plausible punishment for such a "crime". What have we really achieved?

And if this is the result of "democracy" then how can we protest if it was done by democractic means? Also, if this truely is the "will" of the people... then what more can we say? Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga:

"It is not acceptable that our soldiers should put themselves at risk or even sacrifice their lives for a fundamentalist, illiberal regime," Cossiga wrote.

Wow... that doesn't sound like the Taliban AT ALL...

Frustration....that's all....

Just a book recommendation: "I, is for Infidel" is written by journalist Kathy Gannon, who in this book takes an in-depth and very objective look into Afghanistan pre-9/11 to post-9/11 and the international mistakes involved... Gannon also talks about a group of nuns held captive for spreading Christianity... From the looks of it, nothing seems to have changed.