Tell me again how this woman’s suffering doesn’t matter.
Captain Haggerty @AngelaHaggerty
13 Aug 2021
Incredibly powerful interview with @sahraakarimi in Afghanistan this morning on @BBCRadioScot - I've taken this excerpt below because it is so brutally honest and from the heart, but please do go listen to the whole thing. @Fionasstalker
280
51
41
183
It definitely matters there's just nothing good the US is capable of doing about it.
2
3
136
Replying to @BenFRubinstein
At least acknowledge the moral complexity of the situation. The United States has been doing a lot about it for 20 years. That’s not even to say we should continue, but let’s stop pretending OK?

Aug 15, 2021 · 5:52 AM UTC

51
9
21
Replying to @marwilliamson
3 women a day (probably more now) are killed by their partners in the USA. Moral complexity or moral deflection?
7
Replying to @marwilliamson
The only pretending going on is that you give a shit about people. You're in bed with the military for $. Go away. Far far away.
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Do you think Afghan women, overall, want us bombing their country?
1
18
Replying to @marwilliamson
50,000 civilian deaths on our watch.
1
4
Replying to @marwilliamson
Sexists run most things. But bombs dripped by sexists have not made things better. Our military does not show anyone our most feminist face.
Replying to @marwilliamson
The American war machine really fucks people up, eh?
Replying to @marwilliamson
What do you suggest we do? Real question. And I loved you in the debates.
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Yes, the real world is morally complex. Would you like to hear a simple straight-forward first step the US government could take reduce violence and terrorism worldwide, not just Afghanistan? Stop exporting and supporting terrorism.
1
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Let’s also not pretend they were a force of good there while they raped and murdered women so using the excuse of women’s suffering as a reason why the US is there is disingenuous
2
25
Load more